Speaker profiles:

Sustainable Facilities Management: The National Trust

Liz Adams
Property Manager
The National Trust

After years working in a variety of customer service roles, Liz joined the Property Services Department at Nationwide Building Society in 2000, developing a special interest in sustainable FM practices. She became Facilities Manager for Heelis, the new central office for The National Trust in early 2005, joining the project team to mobilise the building and make it home to 430 staff. Since then occupancy has grown to nearly 500 and the building has become a true National Trust property in its own right, receiving approximately 10,000 visitors a year. As a reflection of this, Liz's role has also evolved as the Property Manager with a team of 25 property staff working together to deliver a high class service to NT staff and visitors alike.

The National Trust is the leading conservation body in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Formed in 1895, it now has 3.5 million members and is one of the most property-rich organisations in Europe. It looks after 215 houses and gardens, 40 castles, 76 nature reserves, 6 World Heritage Sites, 12 lighthouses, and 43 pubs and inns.

The Trust also sees itself as one of the country's oldest environmental organisations.

The Sustainable FM Research Project

Gordon Ludlow
Consultant
Chair BIFM Sustainability SIG
Project Manager, BIFM Sustainable FM Research Project

Dan Shockley
Project Researcher, BIFM Sustainable FM Research Project

Gordon Ludlow has over 20 years' experience in FM having held senior roles in the commercial, higher education and charity sectors. His experience includes, among other things, being a sea-going chief engineer for P&O, estates director for a college of London University and head of facilities management for Oxfam. Gordon is now a consultant specialising in sustainability, property and workplace management.

Ethical Purchasing and Managing Suppliers at Oxfam

Aileen Peverell
Ethical Purchasing Manager
Oxfam GB

Oxfam has over 5,000 paid staff working in more than 70 countries. It also has over 20,000 volunteers in the UK, manning a network of over 750 high street shops, visited by 17 million people each year.

Developments in Risk Management - moving beyond asset protection

Richard Waterer
Senior Vice President
Marsh

Richard has overall responsibility for developing risk solutions for clients that focus on organisational strategy, reduction in costs and optimising of risk financing spend. Richard has 12 years experience in risk management, comprising areas such as strategic risk, governance, service continuity, risk quantification, human capital, safety and property risks. He has worked with a variety of clients, including not-for-profit organisations, and is regularly published in the risk and business press.

Marsh, the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor, has 26,000 employees and provides advice and transactional capabilities to clients in over 100 countries. Marsh is a unit of Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), a global professional services firm with more than 55,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $11 billion.

In the UK Marsh has a Practice specialising in providing risk advice to not-for-profit organisations.

The Community Sustainable Energy Prgramme

Monika Munzinger
Programme Manager
The Community Sustainable Energy Programme
The Building Research Establishment

The BRE Group is a world-leading research, consultancy, training, testing and certification organisation delivering sustainability and innovation across the built environment. Its mission is to build a better world by helping clients create better buildings and communities. www.bre.co.uk.

Design for New Ways of Working

John-Paul Flack
Director
Constructive Workspace

John-Paul has been coordinating design & build projects for over 12 years and has specialist experience of the not-for-profit sector.

John-Paul previously sat on the board of Green Standards, a hybrid organisation combining a registered charity with a consultancy. He speicalised in Corporate Social Responsiblity solutions & consultancy.

He is now a director of Constructive Workspace, who specialise in supporting charities in the delivery of efficient places of work that support their individual culture.

CW's clients include many not-for-profit organisations: Merlin, Charities Aid Foundation, Building Society Association and The Royal College of Psychiatrists.

A Practical Guide to Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Sarah Tullett
Health, Safety and Facilities Manager
The Princess Alice Hospice

Sarah has over 21 years' experience in health and safety, with the last 14 in the charity sector. She works for The Princess Alice Hospice in Esher, an organisation that provides care and family support for people with terminal illnesses. She is responsible for health and safety across all hospice activities, including patient, retail, fundraising and operational services.

Launch of WSP Environmental pro-bono Prgramme

Ian Moreton
UK Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Manager
WSP Environmental
WSP Environment & Energy is a global environmental consultancy that provides environmental and energy consultancy services to many of the world's leading businesses.
WSP Environment & Energy works across all sectors, including construction, property, electronic, transport and industrial. Set up in 1995, the firm now employs more than 1,000 environmental specialists worldwide. www.wspgroup.com/environmental/

Legal Update

Mark Traynor
LLP Partner - Commercial Property Department
Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP

The commercial law firm Bates Wells and Braithwaite has 135 staff and partners. It the largest team of lawyers in the UK focused entirely on working for charities and social enterprises.

Their clients range from household names to innovative start-ups and community-based organisations. BWB have instigated a number of groundbreaking legal changes, including the creation of the community interest company and community amateur sports clubs, as well as charitable status for organisations engaged in sustainable development.

Driving for Work

Robert Gifford
Executive Director
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS).

PACTS is a registered charity and associate Parliamentary group advising MPs and Peers on road, rail and air safety issues. Its charitable objective is "To protect human life through the promotion of transport safety for the public benefit".

Robert is a member of the Ministerial Road Safety Advisory Panel, an external research adviser for the Department for Transport on road and vehicle safety lectures on transport safety.

The Disability Discrimination Act in Practice

Wai Chan
Access and Sustainability Adviser
The Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE)

CAE is the leading authority and resource in the UK on inclusive design, and access to the built environment, for disabled and older people.

CAE is involved in a variety projects including including:
The House Adaptations Advisory Service, a national database of architects and surveyors who have experience of adaptations and small community projects.
The Access and Sustainability Advisory Service, a service for London voluntary groups funded by the London Bridge House Trust that offers advice on making premises more accessible.
The National Register of Access Consultants, the only UK-wide accreditation service for individuals who undertake access auditing and access consultancy.