Following a long career with the North America operation of Siemens, during which he led teams focusing on areas including the application of smart technology to improve building maintenance, Ahmad is currently working as an executive consultant.

He is an expert on the use of artificial intelligence in various areas and business settings and he has generously agreed to support the SFG20 Summit by sharing his views. Ahmad is based in central North America and is well established as an expert consultant, working with individuals and businesses wishing to benefit from his extensive knowledge and wide experience.

Ahmed is the chief executive officer and founder of Enlight Group, which was launched in 2018 and is continuing to increase its presence within the facilities management sector. It provides cleaning, compliancy and building maintenance services throughout London and South East England.

Ahmed says: "Our unique approach combines service technology with direct service delivery, offering an agile framework that meets your needs in any business situation. We provide a wide range of workplace and facilities management services that help SMEs and corporates grow profitably, drive continuous improvement, and derive value for money from their non-core business activities."

IEM was founded in 2020 by Alistair Scott. Alistair is a certified mechanical, electrical and electronic engineer and has more than 25 years experience in technical engineering and senior facilities management roles. He started his career in the British Army within the Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers (REME) serving for 14 years before leaving as Captain. He qualified as a mechanical aircraft technician, achieving the position of Engineering Officer. Following his time in the Army, Alistair worked in the FM industry globally, holding numerous board positions, including Gatwick Airport, BAA, Liquid Capital, Akzo Nobel (ICI) and Cloudfm. Frustrated at the un-necessarily complex nature of the industry and Alistair’s passion to make a difference, IEM was founded. “Our mission from day one was to simplify the complexity of Facilities Management”

Baskar Sundaram is a strategic expert in Facilities Management (FM) with over 20 years' experience and the founder of Baachu, a leading FM consultancy. Recognised as a top advisor to FM suppliers, government bodies, and consulting firms, he recently launched Baachu Lens, an AI-driven FM sales intelligence platform, showcasing his commitment to innovation in AI for FM. Baskar develops AI strategies for the built environment, covering energy management, workplace experience, and contract retention. He has trained over 850 professionals and 18 organisations in applying Generative AI to optimise sales operations. As the host of Baachu Talk, Baskar shares his expertise with audiences in 71 countries.

A Chartered Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in multiple countries across airports, healthcare, critical infrastructure, commercial offices, shopping centres and retail parks. Author of the published and publicly presented white paper – Introducing the Internet of Facility Management Things, IoFMT (2023).

Director of IoFMT Professional Services Limited, providing consultancy services combined with cutting edge technology for Real Estate Investors, Property Managers, Facility Managers, Engineers and Technicians that is further supported by an innovative managed service – IoFMT Inception.

A Lead Implementor of ISO/IEC 42001: 2023 Information Technology - Artificial Intelligence – Management System.

Having joined Cambridge Assessment during the first few months of the Covid pandemic, Chris Spratt rose to the significant and unique challenges resulting from the virus. His extensive experience and expertise allowed him to quickly assess all the requirements of the company's UK estate and ensure his colleagues continued to receive the highest level of support.

Following the merger with Cambridge University in 2021, Chris is now enjoying his role as director of international property and services. Further to the above, he has been an adult volunteer with the Cadet Force since 1988 and is an established judge for the PFM Awards.

Chris Wollen is the Chairman of Ergro Group, responsible for overseeing the projects team, group financial management, business strategy, business development and the Board of Directors. He has played a pivotal role in transforming Ergro from a small team into a multi-disciplined, innovative service and projects company, successfully guiding it through challenging times. With a strong technical and operational background, Chris emphasises the importance of teamwork, ethics, and customer service. He is a founding member of The Guild of Entrepreneurs with over three decades of leadership experience at Ergro.

Claire Curran is the Managing Director of Linaker Limited. A leading provider of engineering and maintenance services across the UK and RoI. In the last 4 years, Linaker is and continues to be the fastest growing engineering company in the built environment sector.

With over 2 decades of experience in the corporate FM and construction industry; Claire has a breadth of knowledge across the built environment which she utilises in her NED (immediate past president) role at BESA (Building Engineering Services Association) the largest built environment trade association in the UK. Claire is highly involved in sector development of occupational standards for apprentices, thought leadership in digital transformation strategies and lobbying for positive legislation change.

Darien has over 15 years’ experience of procurement and supply chain management and has been CIPS qualified since 2012.  His firm, Vixus Property Advisory specialises in providing facilities management procurement and consultancy services.Having been responsible for managing the performance of several high-profile companies at an operational level prior to working as a consultant, he understands the importance of finding the right balance between client and supplier requirements in achieving a best value solution. Darien has procured hard FM service contracts for a wide variety of clients including Hampshire Fire and Police, Mastercard, centre:mk and Adobe.

For over 35 years Daryn has worked within design consultants, contractor, developer and consultancy organisations, implementing & managing digital technologies & associated processes across sectors that include Defence, Education, Healthcare, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Transport, Judiciary, Commercial, Retail, Events & Residential. Daryn provides a wealth of knowledge and industry delivery experience & today supports public and private sector asset owner/client organisations in developing their digital strategies, project information & data requirements and upskilling teams.

Daryn also supports Middlesex Universities MSc BIM Management programme, is the technical advisor for LRQA’s ISO19650 Accreditation scheme and on behalf of the Institute of Asset Management and the Global Forum for Maintenance and Asset Management is assisting their technical documentation updates relating to information & data strategy.

David recently joined the NHS Shared Business Service as the Service Delivery Lead - Major Programmes within their consulting arm. He is a chartered Civil Engineer, with 30years experience working in the construction and property sectors around the world. The majority of his career he has been with the public sector working in Defence, Higher Education, Central Government, and Health. Many of which are highly regulated and driven by both statutory and mandatory compliance.

He started his career in the Army serving with the Royal Engineers for over 20years and he has been the Director of Estates and Facilities for a number of high profile institutions, delivering a high number of major projects and programmes. He holds Fellowships in both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management. He always looks to act as an ambassador to these two professions and help shape the future of the built environment industry. He sits on a number of national and international committees and advisory groups, dealing with standards, compliance, procurement and sustainability. He has written a number of technical guides and standards in the areas of Facilities Management and published papers, articles and book chapters on the subject of Indoor Environmental Quality, health and wellbeing.

David Hewins is the Head of Facilities for Allianz Stadium, the Home of Rugby. Starting his career as a Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers he  moved into the construction and facilities management industries for companies such as Bechtel, G4S, Cyril Sweet and VINCI. This has seen him manage contracts across a broad range of facilities including schools, hospitals, government and defence manufacturing. Most recently he opened London Stadium with VINCI Facilities and then went client side responsible for the Rugby Football Union’s estate where he has won several awards for Sustainability through the use of building system optimisation.

David Meacock is the Group Engineering Director for MCFT, an independent business established for over 30 years in the UK, specialising in the service and maintenance of commercial kitchens. Now operating in Europe, GCC and the Philippines as a trusted partner to some of the largest and most prestigious companies and venues. MCFT have developed and utilise a digital platform, integrated with SFG20 for Engineers and our customers to manage maintenance activity.

David is the founder and principal consultant of Cadaema Consulting Services, a boutique facilities and property management consultancy.  David is a board level strategic business director with significant experience across the property and facilities management sector.  David has spent over 25 years in the sector, working for a combination of public sector client organisations, start-up FM specialists and large corporate service providers. This gives Cadaema and David their comprehensive appreciation of all stakeholders’ requirements from property and FM and that, fundamentally, these services should only ever exist as an enabler to support the delivery of core business objectives.

Following a career in journalism, editing leading industry publications and supporting their award and live event initiatives, Dennis Flower has returned to the work environment as a business coordinator. He has been engaged to support both established and new events and conferences, including the SFG20 Virtual Summit on 20 November, as well as working with companies in all areas of the facilities management sector to help them raise their industry profile and gain new business, with the overall aim of assisting them to achieve their growth ambitions. His long experience in publishing is continuing to encourage potential clients to approach him to chair roundtable meetings, launch or improve company and industry awards, and generally put his expertise and extensive network of senior industry representatives to the best use.

Furqan is an accomplished Building Services and Facilities and Infrastructure Engineering professional, with over 3 decades of experience, in the UK and Internationally. Challenging situations, multi-tasking and creating value for clients is what drives Furqan on the journey of continued learning and indeed sharing that learning.

Having initially trained as a Civil Engineer Henry Ropner qualified as an accountant with PWC before spending 15 years as a technology & software investor for a range of UK private equity funds. Passionate about the built environment and technology, Henry currently Chairs SFG20 and is involved in several other software solutions looking to deliver increased compliance and competency across the building lifecycle.

Jack Prady is an award winning, dynamic, time served engineer and now a proud Executive Director, with 18+ years of hands-on experience and facility management success within the private and public sectors. As the Chief Operating Officer at Thermatic Technical FM (TTFM), he oversees the privately owned companies’ day-to-day operations, which provides multi discipline mobile engineering across the UK. TTFM is home to >200 employees and generates revenue of circa. £30m. Beyond his professional accomplishments, Jack is known for his commitment to giving back, raising over £50,000 for charitable causes, demonstrating his passion for making a positive impact on the community.

Jason Whittall RIBA is a Director of ONE Creative Environments Ltd (ONE), a multidisciplinary design practice and award winning BIM consultancy.  Jason heads up the BIM and Digital Estates team and leads ONE’s new Digital Twin Consultancy Service offering, called “TwinVis”.  This enables clients to unlock valuable insights from data, to improve decarbonisation, energy management, space utilisation, predictive maintenance, etc.

Jason is a committee member of Constructing Excellence group (HAWCE), and is part of nima’s voluntary committee’s Communications and Outreach Team (formerly known as The UK BIM Alliance). Jason is passionate about all things digital, innovation and BIM.

Jennifer Williams is a professional copywriter with over 5 years of experience working with well-established UK B2C and B2B companies across a broad range of industries including SaaS, health, wellness and travel.

In 2020, she graduated from Coventry University with a first-class English and Journalism BA (Hons) degree.

Jennifer is the lead content writer for SFG20, with the role of publishing topical articles that break down and address the biggest questions, challenges and solutions within the building maintenance industry. When writing her articles, she gathers information from numerous authoritative sources including external industry experts as well as industry events.

Joe is an experienced professional, with over 25 years of Senior Leadership and Group Board positions in some of the UK’s top retail companies, these include IKEA, Home Retail Group, Dixons Carphone, Best Buy, etc… areas include Sales, Business Development, Commercial Services and Operations, Joe was directly accountable for business areas with turnover ranging from £150Million to £400Million. He has a proven record of driving commercial growth in the physical and digital space, as well as delivering on a range of high-profile and innovative projects that have led to significant improvements in profitability and growth. Joe is relatively new to FM, with 6 years’ experience, starting at Cloudfm and has been The Group Managing Director of IEM, taking the business from start-up its current position within 4 years.

Kirsty is the Managing Director for SFG20. With over 10 years experience in the building maintenance sector, Kirsty has a wealth of knowledge to share.

Mark Griffiths is the founder of WMA Consultancy Services, a leading Workplace and Facilities Management consultancy. With a passion for innovation in technology, asset management, and quality of service, Mark has over 20 years of senior management experience in the Commercial Property, Defence, Healthcare, Education and PFI sectors.

He holds a Master’s degree in Facilities Management and is a Certified Member of the IWFM. Mark is also the Chair of Judges for the IWFM Awards and a member of BSI committees on the Built Environment. He regularly speaks at industry seminars and has contributed to key IWFM publications.

Mark has over 25 years’ experience in the FM sector, spanning a career which as seen him combining a unique mix of operational and technology-based roles. He has a proven track record of delivering change, innovation, market differentiation and business efficiency in the FM environment.

Mark has been instrumental in translating Q3’s original vision and strategy for integrated FM into reality, working with existing clients to successfully prove the model’s viability and value. With Q3’s growing presence in integrated FM, Mark was appointed as Managing Director in 2022, to head this important aspect of the company’s FM proposition.

Mark Sutcliffe is the CEO of Lorne Stewart Facilities and has responsibility for leading the FM services team delivering to a wide range of clients across Local Government, Rail, Education and health sectors as well as commercial, manufacturing and leisure clients within the private sector.

Mark served as a Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy from 1992 – 2001. During his Naval Career Mark served in a number of ship appointments on aircraft carriers, frigates and minehunters and saw active operations in the Adriatic and Sierra Leone. After leaving the Royal Navy Mark joined the facilities management industry where he worked in a number of different environments providing facilities management and property operations across traditional contracts and PFIs in both the public and private sectors. During his time in Facilities Management Mark has had a varied career and held a number of different positions including working in operations for several service providers (both large and small providers) and also within business development. Mark has also worked in a client side leadership role (to prove the concept that it is possible to move between service provider and client side roles!).

Since leaving the military Mark has been passionate about supporting the armed forces family including assisting veterans and military partners into work as well as supporting military charities such as Combat Stress. He firmly believes that FM is a great career for veterans and wants to make the FM market more accessible to veterans.

Mark is an experienced Chartered Engineer with nearly 40 years’ experience in the construction industry. Mark has worked in contracting, the NHS, University sector and the majority of his career in consulting engineering working on a range of healthcare and non-healthcare projects. Mark is Chair of the CIBSE Healthcare Group and a CIBSE Board Trustee.

Mike has created a wide range of commercially successful software-led products and has been both a member and a leader of high performing teams for more than 30 years across DBS Bank, Heathrow Express, Experian, The Direct Marketing Association and National Australia Bank.

Mike is passionate about minimising the environmental impact of buildings and making them comfortable and productive spaces for occupants. As CEO & Co-Founder of Demand Logic he is helping spearhead the transformation of facilities and energy management through groundbreaking technology. His background is Building Services engineering, specialising in building automation. He has worked in the field for over 30 years, and has designed and delivered control systems for multi-million pound installations, including for major banks, covering business-critical systems. Mike also serves as a key representative of industry at a number of steering groups, committees and industry events.

Neil Henderson is the Managing Director at Integrated Estate Management Ltd, bringing over two decades of experience in facilities management, compliance, and technical consultancy. Previously, Neil served as Client Services Director at Cloudfm Group, overseeing major accounts like Pizza Express, The Rank Group, and Amazon Fresh. With expertise in AI -driven FM solutions, Neil has led large teams and complex projects across the UK, focusing on operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Nicoleta Bocaneala is a Senior Team Leader in the BIM and Digital Estates team at ONE Creative Environments. She works closely with clients to drive their digital transformation, focusing on the implementation of digital twins for operations and maintenance of buildings. Her role includes energy management, post-occupancy evaluations, space management, and improving indoor air quality, all to enhance occupants' health and well-being and drive decarbonisation. With a background in architectural technology and experience in building performance evaluation, she is currently pursuing a PhD at Birmingham City University, that focuses on retroffitting educational buildings to achieve net-zero carbon with the use of digital twins.

Rachel is the leading expert on the Building Safety Act for BESA and is involved in industry wide groups helping organisations navigate the new legislative landscape.

Rupal is a seasoned product manager passionate about creating impactful solutions that blend user needs with business objectives. She has over a decade of experience working with customers to understand their challenges, and building enterprise-grade SaaS products that deliver real business value and impact.

Steven has worked in property and infrastructure for over 30 years leading on major change programmes and on the management of complex national and international estates. As a former head of the British Army estate and a former chief executive of the Government Property Agency, he has hands-on experience of asset management and the maintenance of complex and varied portfolios. An engineer by training, he has a long-term commitment to improving efficiency in the built environment, especially through supply chain collaboration and using data to enable better and faster decisions. He now balances his time between non-executive, strategic advisory and consultancy roles.

Paul brings 25 years of experience working within the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) Industry where he has been personally responsible for some of the world’s largest and most prestigious software implementations.

Venesa Coodien is the co-founder and managing director of Right FM, a UK-based facilities management company. With 25 years of industry experience, Venesa leads Right FM in providing sustainable and technology-driven solutions to clients, focusing on efficiency and environmental responsibility. Under her leadership, the company has achieved ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications, ensuring top-tier quality and environmental management standards. Venesa is passionate about revolutionising the FM sector through smart technology, aiming to deliver cost-effective and sustainable services across the UK.

An Executive business director, with an enviable track record in the leadership, management and development, of some of the most significant Building Engineering Services companies in the UK.

A proven financial achiever, delivering exceptional business growth, outstanding financial results, company turnaround, business start ups and sustainable business models in numerous businesses/business areas.