I'm a registered architect with over 25 years of experience in urban design and large-scale residential development. As the Global Design Managing Director at Greystar, I lead Greystar’s design group and the company's global design vision, strategy, and innovation across 17 countries. Our purpose is to ensure that each residential community successfully integrates into the local neighbourhood and meets the aspirations of our residents. Collaborating closely with local teams, we provide design support to translate our vision into successful, impactful environments that resonate with residents and stakeholders alike. Prior to joining Greystar, I worked as a strategic design advisor on a large number of masterplans and residential-led developments in and around London, delivering successful communities in collaboration with internationally renowned architecture practices. From 2002-2015, I was a part-time 3rd year design degree studio leader at University of the Arts London and have been an invited architectural critic at the South Bank University, Oxford Brookes University and the Architectural Association. I am inspired by innovative solutions to complex housing challenges that help projects realise their full potential, successfully aligning resident experience and community needs with investment strategies.

Nicolas Bearelle co-founded Revive in 2009, a real estate impact development company delivering resilient and lively neighborhoods by regenerating underused sites and redundant infrastructures. Revive transforms urban brownfield sites into high-quality neighborhoods, realizing economic, ecological and social added value. The team of 80 experts is working on a pipeline of over 2 billion EUR exit value in Benelux, Poland, Portugal and Spain. All projects are carbon free in use and masterplanned to maximize resilience. Revive has obtained a ‘Gold’ GIIRS rating and is a certified B-Corp for over a decade and nominated ‘Best for the World’ several times. Nicolas is also co-founder and investor in several technological related companies such as WATT Factory, an accelerator hub, and ReCap, an acceleration program. Nicolas is member of the Executive Committee of the ULI Belgian chapter, Co-Chair of the European Affordable Living Council and Global Governing Trustee.

Sophie Chick is a Vice President of ESG Programmes at ULI Europe. She runs the C Change and other ESG programmes for the Urban Land Institute (ULI) in Europe. C Change is a programme to mobilise the European real estate industry to decarbonise. We’re a movement empowering everyone to work together for a sustainable future. Prior to joining ULI, Sophie was the head of department for Savills World Research team and the lead researcher on ESG in the Urban Environment. Working across all property sectors, she delivered market leading research on global real estate markets and the international forces that shape them.