Birmingham Development Plans 2015

FOUR of Birmingham’s leading development figures will be presenting their investment/development plans for the next few 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

Speakers

Liz Peace, Chair; Birmingham Curzon Urban Regeneration Company

Liz is a well-known figure in the property industry, having served as Chief Executive of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retirement at the end of 2014. During that time, she managed to change the Government’s perception of the commercial property industry, to establish it as a key voice in policy debate, to dissuade the Government from legislating on commercial leases, to win innumerable changes to planning and tax legislation and, working as part of a pan-industry alliance, to persuade the Government to introduce real estate investment trusts (REITs).

Previously, she was a civil servant in the MOD, eventually becoming a key player in the team that created QinetiQ plc.

Liz is now embarking on a portfolio career with a range of non-executive, advisory and charity roles, including at Morgan Sindall plc, Redrow plc, Howarde de Walden Estates, Holtby Turner, Good Relations Property, Peabody, the Churches Conservation Trust, and the Architectural Heritage Fund. She is the chairman of LandAid, the property industry’s principal charity and is also chairing the shadow board for the Curzon Urban Regeneration Company in Birmingham.

Bob Tattrie, Managing Partner; Trebor Developments

Bob launched Trebor Developments following a 15 year career at Alfred McAlpine plc where he acted as Managing Director in the construction business before creating and heading up Alfred McAlpine Developments. Prior to his time at Alfred McAlpine, Bob launched his career with Bucknall Austin where he rose through the ranks to Regional Director.

He has worked across the office, leisure, healthcare, industrial, automotive, retail and mixed use sectors leading both construction and development teams and has an enviable portfolio of completed projects.

Bob has created many public private partnership schemes in the office, industrial and healthcare sectors as well as development joint venture initiatives and funding agreements.

Bob is a familiar face in the Midlands property scene and in his spare time enjoys diving, motor sports and can regularly be found at David Lloyd’s Leisure Centre.

Anne-Marie Simpson, Head of Area; Homes & Communities Agency

Anne-Marie is the HCA Head of Midlands Central area. Involved in a number of Midlands and national initiatives, she leads the team responsible for delivery of HCA programmes across Birmingham & Solihull, the Black Country and Stoke & Staffordshire. Working with private sector developers, house builders, housing associations, local authorities and LEP’s she takes a strategic view of activity, aligning land and investment to help ensure maximum impact of HCA programmes and assets and ensuring maximum support to delivery of locally identified growth priorities. She is an active member of the Midlands Urban Land Institute Committee which works collaboratively to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities.

Anne-Marie’s team are responsible for delivery across the urban core in the Midlands, working closely with local authority partners and LEPs to align investment and support delivery of local growth programmes. Anne-Marie led for HCA on discussions with Birmingham City Council and Greater Birmingham Solihull LEP in respect of the City Deal agreed in July 2012. She worked closely with BCC, DCLG and Cabinet Office to help devise a partnership approach to align public sector assets and investment to unlock growth and help address the significant housing need that Birmingham has identified.  Currently working with Birmingham CC and Solihull MBC to maximise the regeneration benefits of HS2, Anne-Marie is focussed on a comprehensive approach to housing and economic growth in a place based approach.

She is a member of the Midlands senior management team and is part of the HCA national leadership network.  Prior to joining the HCA, she worked in both local government and for a number of urban regeneration vehicles over 20 years.

Michael Carr, Programme Delivery Director; Greater Birmingham & Solihull LEP

Michael Carr is the Programme Delivery Director at the GBS LEP. Reporting to the LEP Board, he is responsible for coordinating the delivery of the Strategic Economic Plan for the LEP area as well as the associated Growth Deal agreed with Government.

Prior to joining the GBS LEP, Michael was Director of Business Engagement and Innovation Services at the University of Nottingham. He was responsible for developing and delivering the University’s Knowledge Exchange strategy. As part of this, he oversaw the generation of collaborative research income with industry, the generation of other income linked to academic activity and the University’s engagement with the local economy.

Previously, Michael was the Executive Director for Business Services at the East Midlands Development Agency. He was responsible for all aspects of the agency’s support to business. He also chaired the Regional Development Agency (RDA) Enterprise Directors group and led the RDA network’s enterprise and business support policy input to Government.

Michael was previously Chief Executive of Medilink East Midlands and Managing Director of Parema Limited. He has twenty years of commercial experience, primarily aligned with manufacturing. This includes working for Rolls Royce and Courtaulds as well as spending time in the blue chip management consultancy and university sectors.