89th Edition – Zak World of Façades United Kingdom

This will be the 89th edition globally and the 6th edition in UK which will showcase sustainable innovations and challenges in the construction industry pertaining to the building envelope and will also display latest technological solutions.

Speakers and Panelists

Gurprit Bassi

Director | Façade Engineer, Wintech

Gurprit Bassi is a Director and Sustainability Lead at Wintech Group and provides strategic direction as part of his role. At Wintech he has been involved with many high-profile projects on major residential and commercial projects, both in the UK...

Lisa Fernandes

Associate Director, AECOM

Lisa has 15 years of experience working in the facade industry both in consultancy and contractor environments. She has a solid understanding of fundamental design principles, her repertoire lends itself to all sectors of the discipline, completing projects both in...

John Goudie

Senior Design Manager, Bowmer & Kirkland

John Goudie is senior technical figure working for Bowmer + Kirkland who have been busy helping to shape the skyline of Manchester over the last two decades. Johns has over 20 years’ experience with both design and on site project...

Ross Bowman

Associate, Hawkins\Brown

Ross Bowman is an Architect and Associate at Hawkins\Brown. For the last few years, he has been focussed on the delivery of two of the practice’s larger projects including Crossrail Tottenham Court Road station for London’s Elizabeth Line and a...

Rhodri Evans

Façade Consultant, Billings Design Associates

Principle of Billings Design Associates Dublin. Rhodri has collaborated with them since 2016 and is a registered architect and Member of the Society of Façade Engineering. Rhodri has worked on the detailed design, testing and installation of prestigious projects such...

Phil Doyle

Director, 5plus Architects

Phil is a Founding Director of 5plus Architects. He has worked on a range of landmark, award-winning projects across a variety of sectors, including an extensive portfolio of award-winning workplace projects. Phil’s key expertise is in providing strategic architectural advice...

Stephanie Godard

Account Manager - Advanced Material Interlayers, Eastman Chemical

Stéphanie Godard is working at Eastman as the Business Development Manager for the Advanced Interlayers group in Europe. She is in responsible of overseeing the relations with the architects and the façade engineers, providing an experience of over 20 years...

Rob Swift

Project Sales Manager, Outokumpu

Rob Swift studied engineering at Sheffield Hallam University, obtaining bachelor’s degree before going on to achieve master’s degree in Advanced Engineering and Management. He then drove engineering and operational innovations at Outokumpu UK before advancing in a commercially strategic role....

Nick Colledge

Associate | Façade Engineering, Arup

Nick Colledge is the co-leader of Arup’s Façade Engineering team in Manchester. He has been with Arup for over ten years. Nick has a keen interest in building envelope design for sustainability, building performance and fire performance. He started his...

Michael Cambden

Architect Director, BDP

Michael Cambden is an Architect Director at BDP, one of the UK’s largest multidisciplinary design practices. For the past fifteen years he has focused on the successful design of university buildings and masterplans, has delivered projects in both the UK...

Hendrik Köster

Head of Business Area - Internet of Façades, Schüco International

Hendrik Köster has a wealth of experience in product management that he has amassed over the last decade, both professionally and academically. He holds a Masters in Engineering Management from the University of Münster and his BA in Engineering had...

Alex Esfahani

Associate, Chapman Taylor

Alexander joined Chapman Taylor’s Manchester studio in 2016 as part of the Feasibility team, predominantly focusing on the Residential and Mixed-Use sectors. He has experience working on a wide range of projects at all work stages, with recent projects including...

Chris Thompson

Global Product Manager, Tenmat

Chris Thompson has been involved in the passive fire protection industry for over 20 years. He has extensive experience in the R&D, fire testing, certification and development of passive fire protection and firestopping materials for the construction market. This includes...

Miguel Silva

UK Head of Specification, Effisus

Miguel Silva has a relevant past experience of more than 20 years in the construction industry covering a wide range of façade systems in the weatherproofing thematic as well as special refurbishment, recladding and remedial works. With over 100 major...

Merl Forrer

Associate, Design Fire Consultants

Merl Forrer joined Design Fire Consultants in May 2019 after serving as an operational Station Manager with Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service (GMFRS) with 19 years’ service. Between 2012 and 2017, he moved into fire safety responsible for Manchester...

Chris Davis

Composites Manager. Glass Division EMIEA, HB Fuller/Kömmerling

Chris Davis has responsibility for product management of the H.B.Fuller / Kömmerling Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive range of products for glass lamination. He has been in his current role since 2012 working in the building product sector within the façade...

Allan Hurdle

Technical Consultant, Serge Ferrari Stamisol

Allan has worked in the building services industry for over 30 years; holding several senior positions of Managing Director and Vice President for ventilation manufacturing companies. For the past 9 years has worked via his consultancy business, focusing on smoke...

James Brackenreed-Johnston

Head of Façades, A. Proctor Group

James Brackenreed-Johnston joined the A. Proctor Group in 2019 as Specification Manager for the London Area. James has many years of experience in the high rise sector, focusing on façade design, regulation compliance and innovation. By advocating a systems based...

Stephen Tanno

Director Pre-Construction Services, Schüco International

Stephen Tanno graduated from The University of Southampton in 1987 and worked as a Consulting Engineer for the next 16 years, including 5 years with Ove Arup in Sydney and 8 years as Group Director with Buro Happold, where he...

Sandra Scolastra

Associate, Arup

Sandra has been with Arup for 14 years in the Façades Team and is now based in Manchester. She combines structural engineering skills and detailed knowledge of façades to provide multidisciplinary coordination and solutions meeting both the architectural intent and...

John Williams

Technical Director - Façade Engineering, WSP

John Williams is a Technical Director within the WSP Façade Engineering team, based in Manchester. John has 27 years’ experience within façade industry, ranging from hands-on installation to project and design management across Specialist Contractor, Principal Contractor / Developer and...

Ian Simpson

Founding Partner, SimpsonHaugh Architects

United by the shared belief that high quality design has the power to transform cities, Ian Simpson co-founded SimpsonHaugh with Rachel Haugh in 1987. Ian has played an integral role in building the practice’s reputation as leading urban and civic...

Naoki Woodward

Director - Head of Façade Engineering, BB7

Naoki heads up the façade engineering capability and is part of the senior leadership team at BB7. He comes from a multi-disciplinary background, having led and developed the façade and façade access discipline at a leading multinational consultancy. He...

Damian Rogan

Director - Façade Engineering, Eckersley O'Callaghan

Damian established Eckersley O’Callaghan’s facade engineering group in 2012 and today leads a team of 30 engineers in London while supporting offices in the US, Hong Kong and Sydney. EOC has built a reputation for design and innovation across structures...

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