Cambridge Development Plans 2015

FIVE of Cambridge’s Leading Developers will be presenting their development/investment plans for the next couple of years!

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Event Format

• 1530 – 1600; Registration
• 1600 – 1645; Networking with Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• 1645 – 1815; Speaker Presentations
• 1815 – 1900; Networking with Hot Food, Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• 1930 – 2200; After Event Dinner (INVITE ONLY)

Speakers

Jeanette Walker; Project Director, Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Jeanette’s career spans over 15 years in the pharma, biotechnology and regenerative medicine sectors. Her previous experience includes Head of New Business at the region’s inward investment agency, Business Development Director of ERBI, Manager of the East of England Stem Cell Network and founder of the UK’s BioPharmaMarket web portal.

Jeanette is responsible for devising and implementing marketing strategies to attract pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca as well as biotech and medtech companies to the Campus.

Rob Hall; Deputy Managing Director, Hill Residential

Rob is a Chartered Surveyor with a wide range of experience in the property industry gained over the last 25 years. Working on a wide variety of projects in the consultancy and housebuilding sector, and with a background in Agency and Development, he has worked extensively in London and the Eastern Region, being previously with both Bidwells and Carter Jonas.

Since joining Hill, 10 years ago, Rob has led the delivery of new private sale developments, coordinating the company’s acquisition and joint venture programme, with responsibility for ensuring the groups pipeline of projects. He has considerable experience of land acquisition and setting up and delivering joint venture projects, as well as sales and marketing.

As a leading housebuilder, Hill has developed a reputation for delivering distinctive quality homes, often in partnership with Housing Associations and the private sector. Rob recognises the need for businesses to work in an open transparent manner to ensure all parties’ interests are met.

Hill is well known in the Cambridge market for its award winning schemes at Ceres, cb1 and The Avenue at Saffron Walden and is launching a variety of projects during 2015. The firm was named medium Housebuilder of the Year in 2014 by Housebuilder Awards.

John Hill; Chief Executive, East Cambridgeshire District Council

Born West Bromwich 1963. BSc History Politics Bradford University MBA Aston Business School.

Chief Executive East Cambridgeshire District Council 2000-2015 (to date).  Previously Economic Development/ European Funding with West Midlands metropolitan councils and TECs

Current priorities: establishing a Local Authority Trading Company for commercial and residential development, leading commercialisation and transformation programme and preparing for 2015 General and Local elections.

Interests: enthusiastic gardener, WBA life long supporter, 20th Century British Art and latter day convert to brutalist architecture.

Patsy Dell; Head of Planning, Cambridge City Council

Angela Broekhuizen; Director of Estates & Facilities, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust