Global Head - Façade Supply Chain, Lendlease
John Downes is the Global Head of Facades for Lendlease . He has 30 + years’ experience in the façade, construction and real estate development industry.
John holds an MSc Façade Engineering from the University of Bath and is a board director of the CWCT (Centre for Window and Cladding Technology). He also sits on the CWCT technical standards committee and is a fellow of the Society of Façade Engineers (SFE).
John is passionate about sustainability and has been appointed as Chair of the CWCT strategic committee on Sustainability.
He is a regular lecturer and contributor to the MSc Façade Engineering at the University of West of England and University of Bath.
John leads the Lendlease Global Façade Specialism Unit that supports all façade related aspects of the Lendlease business. The façade unit strives to provide fully coordinated building envelope design, delivery input to enable Lendlease to ‘Create Better Places’ and decarbonizing the façade industry.
