Our presenters

Ryan is the CEO and co-founder of AEROPOWDER, a startup developing sustainable insulation materials from surplus feathers. 

He received his PhD from Imperial College, where he studied the effects of air pollution on the lungs. Now, with a passion for solving tangible problems in the world, his work with AEROPOWDER has culminated with the release of pluumo, the world’s first feather-based thermal packaging material for deliveries.

Ryan has been recognised for his work by becoming an Echoing Green Climate Fellow (2017) and being featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe List for Social Entrepreneurs (2017). 

WilkinsonEyre Director, Sam Wright joined the practice in 2001 and leads the Sports and Leisure Team, delivering award-winning projects such as the Liverpool Arena; the London 2012 Olympic Basketball Arena and more recently, the redevelopment of the Compton and Edrich stands at Lord’s Cricket Ground. His work has been instrumental in the expanding of WilkinsonEyre’s work in the sporting sector.

Satwik Mehta manages the Virtual Engineering team at HSSMI. He has extensive experience in manufacturing predominantly in the automotive sector. After graduating from the University of Pune in Mechanical Engineering, he worked for the Volkswagen Group on multidimensional facets of planning new products and processes.

Satwik has also acquired an MSc in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Warwick where he developed a framework for operations sustainability. Satwik oversees delivery of research and commercial programs for the Virtual engineering team at HSSMI. He is also leading an Industrial working group for developing design and installation guidelines for collaborative robots.

Sebastian Steinhauser is CEO of Parcelly (www.parcelly.com). He is accountable for the concept and management of one of UK’s most innovative omnichannel logistics start-up’s, converting redundant space in businesses and private homes into carrier agnostic parcel storage capacity. Parcelly’s award winning mobile application, allows consumers to collect and return their online purchases when and where it is most convenient for them.

Sebastian has spent 7 years in London’s City with some of Europe’s leading financial institutions supplying financial solutions to institutional Investors. Prior to his career in London, Sebastian gained experience in different strategic positions in Germany and France where he obtained a triple accreditation in International Management.

Seema Malhotra was elected Labour and Co-Operative Member of Parliament for Feltham and Heston in December 2011, and re-elected with an enhanced majority in both 2015 and 2017. Her most recent role has been as a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Exiting the European Union. Seema recently served as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury and continues to keep an interest in economic affairs, productivity, how we grow and share prosperity and youth education achievement.

From 2014-2015, she served as Shadow Home Office Minister for Preventing Violence against Women and Girls where she led on aspects of the Serious Crime Bill for Labour. She has also been an Opposition Whip and Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, who is now the Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee. Prior to entering Parliament, Seema was a freelance business and public service adviser working with the video game and film industries. She has over ten years’ experience with leading firms Accenture and Price Waterhouse Coopers working in strategy and IT systems development. Seema has worked across Whitehall with justice agencies and creative industries.She is a founding member of the Cross Party Group for West London.

Simon is Lead Partner the Business Rates Consultancy at Vail Williams LLP.    A general practice surveyor he can advise occupiers and landlords on general Landlord and Tenant matters such as rent reviews, lease renewals and re-gearing of leases and he also has commercial property and land for owner occupiers clients in West London.   Simon is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (“FRICS”), a member of the Institute of Revenues, Rating and Valuation (“IRRV”), an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (“ACIArb”) and a Fellow of the Institution of Commercial and Business Agents (“FICBA”). He is an appointed RICS Quality Assurance Auditor for the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) Governance and Membership, an RICS Appeal Panel adjudicator and a RICS APC Chairman for graduate assessment at interview.  Simon was an external examiner for the University of Westminster’s Architecture and Built Environment course up to June 2015

Simon is a Principal Transport Planner with thirteen years of experience working in both the public and private sectors.  He is currently on a part-time secondment at the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) from Transport for London, providing transport planning input to the Park Royal and Old Oak masterplans as well as to the design development of the HS2 Station at Old Oak Common.  At TfL, he is the Surface Transport Interface Lead for Crossrail 2.  Prior to that he was TfL’s lead sponsor for HS2.

Retired from the NHS in 2016, I joined the Council in 2010, my initial role was Chair of Overview & Scrutiny Committee, 2010-2011. I then joined Cabinet in 2012, holding various portfolios including Housing and Education. I was elected Leader of the Council in 2014, during this time I have held the Corporate Strategy, Planning & Regeneration portfolio. I am committed to meeting our 5000 affordable housing pledge for this current administration, in addition, we are building a further 1000 council homes.

 We have developed a close working relationship with the Mayor of London, the GLA and local businesses and we are committed to making Hounslow one of the most attractive boroughs in London for development and business opportunities. We work closely with our main employers; BSKYB, Smithkline, Heathrow Airport Ltd, etc. We have also worked collaboratively with Brentford Football Club to secure their new stadium which is due to open in September 2020. We have strong relationships with our Chamber of Commerce and West London Business, we see SMEs as the backbone for providing sustainable jobs, apprenticeships and training opportunities for our residents.

Stuart is Head of Planning at GL Hearn and has been with the company for 10 years. A specialist in Planning and Regeneration, he coordinates a team of 40+ town planning professionals in the London Office and coordinates a range of multidisciplinary consultancy teams on projects across a range of sectors.  Having spent his entire professional life in London, Stuart worked in the public sector for the Government Office for London and then Newham Council prior to moving into consultancy in 2003.  Stuart oversees a wide range of GL Hearn projects including tall buildings from Tower Hamlets to Ealing, Southwark to Croydon.

Sukhi Jutla is an award-winning entrepreneur and author of 3 books. She is the co-founder of MarketOrders, an online B2B platform for the gold and diamond jewellery industry. She is a leading international speaker, influencer and thought leader in tech and a qualified IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer. She is recognized by a number of industry awards including the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, Management Todays ’35 Women Under 35′ and named a Top 100 European Digital Pioneer by The Financial Times and Google. In April 2018 Sukhi made global headlines when she became the World’s First #1 Bestselling ‘Blockchain’ Author.