Propertyshe Podcast

Since founding EDGE in 1997, Coen van Oostrom (1970) has built the company into the largest commercial property developer and investor in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. 

Dan Labbad was appointed Chief Executive of The Crown Estate in December 2019 and is an Executive Member of the Board.The Crown Estate’s portfolio includes extensive property interests in London and across the UK, a substantial rural holding and Windsor Great Park. It also manages the seabed around England, Wales and Northern Ireland and plays a major role in the UK’s world leading offshore wind sector.  Established by an Act of Parliament, it has generated over £3bn in profits to HM Treasury over the last ten years.

Rick de Blaby is the CEO of Get Living PLC, the UK’s leading investor, developer and operating platform for Build to Rent residential homes with 4,000 in operation and over 6,000 in pipeline. Get Living's flagship assets and neighbourhoods include East Village at the Olympic Park, Elephant and Castle Town Centre, Middlewood Locks in Salford and Lewisham, plus others in Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham, Leatherhead and Maidenhead. Rick has 40 years of real estate experience, with a particular passion for large scale urban regeneration and neighbourhood creation. His past roles have included CEO of MEPC and United House and Non-Executive Chairman of Miller Developments.

After more than a decade at EG, this summer Damian Wild became managing director of ING, the leading PR + Communications agency for the built environment.Damian has spent more than 25 years working in business information, as a journalist, editor and publisher. He has worked in the UK and Hong Kong, across a number of sectors. He began his career at Public Finance magazine in 1993 covering local government and moved to Hong Kong in 1997 where he worked on the South China Morning Post during the handover. 

This podcast contains strong language from the start Honor is the Managing Director of Birchgrove, a specialist age-exclusive developer working to establish a portfolio of assisted living neighbourhoods with well thought-out facilities for rent.Central to Birchgrove's proposition is the belief that renting instead of owning a home is the most liberating form of tenure, allowing neighbours to retain their independence without the burden of homeownership.Birchgrove has communities in Sidcup in Kent and two neighbourhoods in Woking and Ewell, both in Surrey. Following closely behind are Banstead, Godalming, Leatherhead and most recently Chiswick in London.

Philip is Founder and CEO of the UnGroup and Cordless Group. He is an author, futurist and advisor on the new world of work and specialises in predicting the impact of emerging technology on the way we will work, shop, learn, consume leisure and live. Much of his focus has been on workplace innovation, advising organisations such as McKinsey & Co, Marks & Spencer, EY, Allen & Overy, Penguin Random House, GSK, Barclays, Macquarie Group, BBC, PwC and Boston Consulting Group on innovation and future concepts. He founded his business in 1994 with the publication of The Cordless Office Report. Since then he has written a number of books on the future of work including The Creative Office, The 21st Century Office, and Space to Work (all co-authored with Jeremy Myerson). He has also contributed to a number of other books and reports including the Corporate Fool, Jelly Bean Working and the Responsible Workplace. Philip regularly gives keynotes, presentations and runs think tanks and workshops for organisations in the process of change. He is frequently quoted in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, BBC Radio 4, The Australian, Financial Times, OnOffice and France 24 TV. Philip’s next book (co-authored with Jeremy Myerson) is called Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office, and will be published on 31st August 2022 in UK and Sept in USA. Unworking offers a panoramic view of the development of the modern office over the past 100 years and presents a manifesto for ‘unworking’ – unlearning old habits and rituals established for an outdated office and creating new ones fit for an age of digital technology, design innovation and diverse workforces.

Tony Travers is a director of LSE London, a research centre at the London School of Economics.

Hrish is a Co-founder and CEO at SuperWorld, a virtual world in augmented reality. Previously, he co-founded Rogue Initiative Studios, a Hollywood film, TV, gaming, and immersive entertainment studio.  He was also the founding Managing Partner of Eastlabs, an early-stage VC fund based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Previously, Hrish was a Senior Business Developer and Global Evangelist at Toptal (backed by Andreessen Horowitz, the Rockfellers & the co-founders of Facebook and Zynga), a VC investor, and an investment banker at both UBS Investment Bank and HSBC Securities, where he specialised in public finance, corporate finance, and M&A. Hrish was born in India and grew up in the United States. He also has spent many years living around the world in Europe, Asia, and South America. He has a close connection to the people and cultures in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Spain, France, Vietnam, China, Colombia, Bali and Thailand.Hrish holds a BA in Political Science from Rice University, Houston Texas and both an MBA and MPH from University of Illinois at Chicago. 

Gregory is the founder of A/0 PropTech and a seasoned real estate and technology investor with over 15 years of experience across I banking, real estate and venture and a multibillion deal making history and a deep understanding of the financial markets, real estate and venture capital ecosystems.

 As Managing Director for Greystar Europe, Michela focuses on expanding and strengthening Greystar’s third-party platform and strategic partnerships. She works closely with Greystar’s six country leaders in France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom to identify new opportunities across student, Build to Rent and senior living.