Mr. Maxwell Hutchinson is one of the founders of Article 25. He was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from 1989 to 1991. His better known buildings include Skylines on the Isle of Dogs, JS Pathology’s Headquarters at Camden Lock, Aztec Row in Islington and Pink Floyd’s recording studio in Britannia Row. He was a visiting Professor at the University of Westminster and previously at the Universities of Nottingham and Queens Belfast. Maxwell is a practising architect and regular radio and television broadcaster. Among his credits, he has written and presented three series for Discovery TV on architecture, engineering and science, and worked on BBC Two First Sight and Restoration Nation. He has also presented Channel Four’s Demolition Detectives, and wrote and presented No 57, The History of A House. He has also contributed to Carlton Television’s The Good, The Bad and The Listed as well as Anglia Television’s Hidden Heritage. Maxwell is also a regular contributor to BBC Radio Four, as well as BBC Two’s Newsnight, BBC London and various programmes on LBC radio.

Denise co-founded Bennetts Associates in 1987, with her partner Rab Bennetts, and plays a strategic role in the overall design direction of the practice. With studios in London, Edinburgh and Manchester Bennetts Associates is one of the UK’s leading practices creating sustainable & enduring architecture with a diverse portfolio of cultural, workplace and education projects in both the public and private sector, ranging from masterplans to small historic buildings that have been celebrated with more than 150 awards over 30 years.

She is a respected architectural critic, is an assessor for several awards schemes and is currently a member of the RIBA National and International Awards Group. She also serves as an external examiner at all stages of education at architecture schools across the UK and is a member of the British School at Rome’s Faculty of the Fine Arts. Denise has taken lead responsibility for the practice’s financial and legal affairs and undertook the key role in transferring ownership of the practice to an Employee Ownership Trust in 2016. Denise studied Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art.

Mr. Jack Pringle serves as Managing Director and Principal of Perkins+Will, Inc. Mr. Pringle has been Joint Founder of Pringle Brandon LLP since 1986. Mr. Pringle serves as a Director of Pringle Brandon Consulting and a Partner in Pringle Brandon. Mr. Pringle served as the President at The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from 2005 to 2007. He worked for Sir Phillip Powell at Powell and Moya for eight years, working on social housing and other public sector projects. In the early 80s, he started his own practice and in 1986 this became Pringle Brandon when Chris Brandon and Melvin Starling joined him. Since then he has worked for an international client base building offices, hotels and particularly, major office fit-out projects. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an elected Council member of the RIBA and sits on the RIBA Holdings Board. He chaired the RIBA Professional Services Board and RIBA Education Committee. He has travelled extensively for the RIBA advising governments, universities and schools of architecture on architectural education. He studied architecture at the University of Bristol.

Guy is the Chief Executive of Europe, Middle East and Africa at JLL, which has 70 offices in 30 countries and employing over 12,000 staff in that region. Previously JLL’s UK CEO and with a background advising retail companies on their real estate strategy, he’s worked closely with Britain’s biggest businesses and the world’s largest retailers.

Guy is an industry commentator in both print and broadcast media, appearances include BBC News, Radio 4’s Today programme, Bloomberg TV and the FT. He also sits on the Policy Committee of the British Property Federation.

Alumnus of the London Business School Senior Executive Programme, and amateur triathlete in spare time.

Mark Catton has been an employee and partner at Glencore since 1990 and began his career in London, moving to Singapore in 1997. After spending eighteen years working in the Singapore office, including eleven years as Managing Director of Glencore Singapore Pte Ltd (GSPL), he returned to London in 2015. He has held multiple board positions including Chairman of Chemoil Energy Limited, a global fuel bunkering company, Director of S.T. Shipping and Transport Pte Ltd., a global tanker and dry bulk shipping company as well as other company directorships. Mark holds an Electrical and Electronic Engineering, B Eng(Hons) from Nottingham University, UK.

Phil graduated from UMIST where he studied Civil & Structural Engineering. In the 1980s he worked for both large and small practices on projects in the UK and internationally. He joined Price & Myers in 1988 where he has spent the majority of his career, becoming a Partner in 2001. In 2020 he stepped down from the Partnership to focus on supporting his client and architect contacts and doing more Engineering. Phil has led a number of successful collaborative projects accruing many design awards over the years, two of which were shortlisted for the Stirling Prize 'Consultant. Price & Myers'

Natalie Thingelstad is the founder of Government Experts Group and has extensive experience in international development providing legal and regulatory guidance, governance consulting and advising on issues of corporate responsibility, compliance and internal control programs. For almost 20 years, she has been working with both for-profit and non-profit organizations to ensure their operations are in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations, including anti-bribery and anti-kick back statutes, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, OFAC sanctions, the U.K. Charity Commission, etc. She formerly served as the Division Chief of the U.S. Agency for International Development Compliance Division and as the chief compliance officer at Save the Children-US. She received her Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and her undergraduate degree in Government Affairs and Psychology from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She has extensive field experience with international development work overseas, particularly in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan.