The IPF's Operational Board is supported by three Regional Committees and other committees, special interest groups and working groups. For more information on the activities of these various groups, please click on the appropriate links.

Research Steering Group

Responsible for the strategic direction of all IPF's research activities.

regional COMMITTEES

MIDLANDS

Responsible for developing the membership and events in the Midlands.

Jonathan Devaney – Skylark Real Estate (Chair)
Adrian Clarke – I M Properties PLC
Haydn Cooper – Calthorpe Estates
Ed Gamble – ACRE Capital 
Matthew Hannah – Innes England Ltd
Tim Hurdiss – Harworth Group PLC
Isobel Radford – Freeths LLP
Adam Ramshaw – Lambert Smith Hampton
Tim Rayner – Hill Dickinson
Gemma Rooney – DLA Piper UK LLP
Richard Round – Lloyds Bank
Fiona Thomson – Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Peter Wood – Birmingham City University
Hapri Yorke-Brooks – BNP Paribas Real Estate

NORTH

Responsible for developing the membership and events in the North.

Debra Cooper – Hill Dickenson LLP (Chair)
Matt Jones – Santander UK PLC (Vice-Chair)
Andy Clarke – NatWest
Simon Cullimore – JLL
Scott Gemmell – OBI Property LLP
Richard Hinds – HBD
Abi Lowe – Bruntwood
Katie Ridehalgh – Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Ian Scott – Martin Property Group

SCOTLAND

Responsible for developing the membership and events in Scotland.

Brian Hutcheson – Dentons UK and Middle East (Chair)
Neil A'Bear – CBRE
Kathryn Bennett – CBRE
Paul Carter – CMS
Calum Cowe – JLL
Stephen Inglis – London & Scottish Property Investment Management
Anne Johnstone – Fair Futures Partnership
Laura Jones – CBRE
Angus Lutton – Buccleuch Property
Chris McDaid – Brodies LLP
Nick Peet – Santander UK PLC

other committees

CPD Group

Plans the regular series of lectures and workshops.

Sarah Cooke – Mills & Reeve (Chair)
Jamie Binstock –
Amy Davis – Dorrington
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Caitriona Hunter - Longevity
Chris Jeffs – M&G Real Estate
Melissa Moore – LexisNexis
Ross Needham - Knight Frank
Hannah Prescott – Investment Property Forum
James Waldock – GCW

FUTURE LEADERS Committee

Responsible for the Future Leaders Group.

Jo Jackson – SEGRO (Chair)
Erin Brayshaw –  Mayer Brown International
Samuel Gregory-Smith – FTI Consulting
Tarek Jumah – Earls Court Development Company
Tim Russell – Aviva Investors
James Vivian – Savills
Alex Wright – Herbert Smith Freehills
Peter Yu – Wellington
 

Special Interest Groups currently active

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE (ESG) Interest Group

Louise Ellison – (co-Chair)
Philip Parnell – Deloitte Real Estate (co-Chair)
Christopher Brigstocke – Winckworth Sherwood LLP
Siobhan Cross – Pinsent Masons LLP
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Siena Golan – DWS 
Alex Hill – Greystar
Richard Quartermaine – Urban & Civic
Sarah Ratcliffe – Better Buildings Partnership
Christie Wright – PATRIZIA AG

Indirect Property Group

Graeme Rutter – CBRE (Chair)
Michael Acratopulo – Wells Fargo
John Benham – Blackrock
Patrick Bone – CBRE
Justin Brown
Charles Ferguson Davie – Moorfield Group
John Forbes – John Forbes Consulting
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Victoria Henry – CMS
Lucinda Liss – Schroder Real Estate Investment Management
Emily Miller – Knight Frank
Richard Peacock – Aegon Asset Management UK
James Tarry – Aviva Investors
Liam Taylor – Columbia Threadneedle Investments

International Group

David Dix – The Townsend Group (Chair)
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Jessica Hardman – DWS 
Heleri Hirsnik – Selinus Partners Ltd
Simon Mallinson – Income Analytics Ltd
Barbara Maltha – Hodes Weill Associates
Jason Oram 
Sabina Reeves – CBRE Investment Management
Ben Sanderson – Aviva Investors 
Will Rowson – Newland Capital Partners
Margot Waddup – Wells Fargo
Tom Walker – Schroder Real Estate Investment Management

Regulation & Legislation Group

Daniel Norris – Hogan Lovells International LLP (Chair)
David Adler – Square Dial Real Estate Capital Partners
Bill Bartram – Independent Risk Management Solutions Ltd
Christopher Brigstocke – Winckworth Sherwood LLP
Riaz Farooqi – RSM UK
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Matthew Howard – Columbia Threadneedle Real Estate Partners
Christine Ormond – Goodwin Procter (UK) LLP
Cathryn Vanderspar 

Residential Investment Group

Ben Denton – Legal & General Affordable Homes (Chair)
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Alexander Greaves – M&G Real Estate
Jason Hardman – CBRE
Tom Henry – Eldridge Faraday
Alex Hill – Greystar
Richard Jackson – From Now On
Niall Malone
Dominic Martin – CompassRock
Jennifer Murray – Homes England
Catherine Raynsford – The Hyde Group
Cathryn Vanderspar 
Jean-Marc Vandevivere – PLATFORM_

tech futures

Jules Barker – McKinsey & Company
Sue Forster – Investment Property Forum
Jonathan Mills – Osborne Clarke
Hannah Prideaux – Sustainable Future Ventures
Hattie Walker-Arnott  – AI-RE