Today (Tuesday 16th May) winners were announced for the UKREiiF Festival of Achievement – which celebrates the best in class within the UK’s real estate, property, investment and infrastructure sectors.

The Judging Panel had previously whittled down the list of nominations to between 2 and 4 potential winners. The panel consists of major influencers in the industry such as Lord Bob Kerslake, Thames Estuary Envoy Kate Willard and L&G’s Investment Director Pete Gladwell.

The winners were as follows:

Futurist Trailblazer of the Year

Annette Jezierska, CEO and Founder, The Future Fox

Agent of the Year

Bond Land, Investment and Development Consultants

Net Zero Pioneer of the Year

Chris Clarke, Performance and Improvement Director, Scape

Consultant of the Year

Curtins

Public Sector Impact Award – Sponsored by Tile Hill

Deborah Cadman OBE, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Council

Top Apprentice of the Year

Emily Walker, Assistant Project Manager, Rider Levett Bucknall

Developer of the Year – Sponsored by Stantec

Fabrix

Spirit of UKREiiF

Jen Hartley, Director, Invest Newcastle

People and Skills Torchbearer – Sponsored by Dominus

Pooja Agrawal, CEO and Co-Founder, Public Practice

EDI Champion of the Year

Rebecca Clarke, Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Wellbeing, Stantec

Investment Company of the Year

Resonance

Law Practice of the Year – Sponsored by First Title Insurance

Shoosmiths

Architect of the Year

Smalley Marsey Rispin

Graduate Star of the Year

Tarisiro Fundira, Graduate Engineer, Mott MacDonald

Contractor of the Year – Sponsored by Perfect Circle

Wates

Speaking of the winners, Chief Executive of UKREiiF Keith Griffiths added: “We were incredibly surprised by the high number of quality submissions for the Festival of Achievement, and it was really difficult to cut these down to the shortlist and then the eventual winners. I must thank the Advisory Group for their involvement in helping to select the winners, and congratulations to all of those both shortlisted and winners.”