Data centres - cities, investor & developer afternoon tea
UKREiiF 2026 · 19 May 2026 · 14:30–16:00
Data centres - cities, investor & developer afternoon tea was a session at UKREiiF 2026 on 19 May 2026 in Leeds, with 46 speakers on record.
Speakers
- Paul Mclaughlin — Panelist Senior Development Manager, Finsbury Infrastructure
- Darran Ward — Panelist Head of Alternatives, West Yorkshire Pension Fund
- Chris Talago — Panelist Head of Corporate Affairs & Communications, Pure Data Centres Group
- Sarah Bazen — Panelist Digital Infrastructure Strategic Lead, West Sussex County Council
- Jamie Shaw-stewart — Panelist Head of Silicon Sands, Blackpool Council
- Hugh Carrow — Panelist Investment Manager, West Yorkshire Pension Fund
- Simon Threlfall — Panelist Director, Valuations | Real Estate Europe & Asia, CPP Investment Board
- Alison Kay — Panelist VP / Managing Director AWS UKI, Amazon Web Services
- Andy Walker — Panelist Lancashire County Council
- André Gibbs — Panelist Executive Director, Related Argent
- Alex Read — Panelist Head of Public Policy, Northern Europe, Vantage Data Centers
- Ryan Gordon — Panelist Vice President & Chief Credit Officer, WaterStone Bank
- Harry Lewis — Panelist Portfolio Director, Langarth GV
- Shivani Goolab — Panelist Real Estate, Investec
- Joel Turner — Panelist Director for Infrastructure Finance, Venture Forge
- Dame Dawn Childs — Panelist Non-Exec Director, Pure Data Centres Group
- Siobhan Gall — Panelist Head of Real Eatate, Regions, HSBC
- Ben Houchen — Panelist Tees Valley
- Sizhu Bi — Panelist Senior Investment Analyst, Nest pensions
- James Lindridge — Panelist Chief Operating Officer & Development Director, Olympian
- Ethan Thornton — Panelist Deputy Director, Data Centres and State Threats to Data, Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
- Carl Oates — Panelist Chief Revenue Officer, Platformdc
- Damian Allen — Panelist Chief Executive Officer, Doncaster Council
- Emma Fryer — Panelist Director Public Policy Europe, CyrusOne
- Faisal Butt — Panelist Head of Portfolio, Legal & General
- Claire Phillips — Panelist Head of Strategy and Partnerships (Economic Growth and Regeneration), Buckinghamshire Council
- Lyndsay Noble — Panelist City Deal Manager, North Lanarkshire Council
- Tom Henwood — Panelist Associate Director, Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)
- Kazadi Mwamba, Mied — Panelist Business Engagement Manager (Economy & Skills), Barnet Council
- Becky Wood — Panelist CEO, National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA)
- Jonathan Haigh — Panelist Chief Investment Officer, Harworth
- Stephanie Taylor — Panelist Executive Vice President, QTS Data Centres
- Scott Johnston — Panelist Vice President for Real Estate Strategy, Evercore
- Alexandra Long — Panelist Projects Director, HermeticaBlack
- Nathan Rees — Panelist Shoosmiths
- John Hildreth — Panelist Business Northumberland
- Ian Achurch — Panelist Head of Economic Growth & Sustainability, North Northamptonshire Council
- David Buck — Panelist Deputy Director, Strategic Investment Opportunities, Office for Investment (OfI)
- Anthony Belcher — Panelist Investment Strategy, Power Responsive
- Ben Leader-White — Panelist Senior Investment Manager, Octopus Capital
- Choisanne Man — Panelist Partner, Shoosmiths
- Richard Leslie — Panelist Chair, Manner
- Kazadi Mwamba — Panelist Business and Inward Investment Manager, London Borough of Barnet
- Robert Singh — Panelist Non Executive Director, Versatile RobotX
- Yahya Abdulla — Panelist SVP, Real Estate Specialist, Neuberger Berman
- Enes Güzel — Panelist UK Country Advisor, Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye