Speaker Group: Conf 2023.

Lucy Rowe

Lucy is currently the Young Persons & Diversity Lead, National Estates and Facilities team, NHS England. Working to improve the recruitment, retention and inclusion of people currently underrepresented in the NHS and in particular the Estates and Facilities Workforce. Prior to this role, Lucy has worked for over 20 years in a wide variety of… Read more »

Caroline Lowe

Caroline is currently Workforce Lead in the National Estates and Facilities team, NHS England. Having worked in the commercial sector for over 20 years as a resourcing and communications consultant, Caroline joined the NHS in 2021 to focus on implementing the first National NHS Estates and Facilities Workforce Action Plan. Her role is to help… Read more »

Scott Hislop

Scott’s background is in aero systems engineering, having spent 28 years in the Royal Navy working on various aircraft. In 2011, he undertook an MSc in Engineering and Project Management and achieved chartered engineer status in 2012. He moved into accident investigation in 2014, working at the Defence Accident Investigation Branch as an engineering investigator… Read more »

Steve Rees

Steve Rees is the President of the International Federation of Healthcare Engineering (IFHE). He has worked in the field of Healthcare Engineering for over 40 years. He is the former Chief Program Officer of Capital Management for Alberta Health Services (AHS) located in Canada. AHS is one of the largest integrated health organizations in North… Read more »

Martin Symonds

Martyn is a Senior Project Manager for Kier Construction and he was responsible for the delivery of Devizes Health Centre. He has over 30 years experience within the construction industry and his last two projects were in the healthcare sector including the Royal National Hospital for Rumatic Deases and Therapies Centre at Royal United Hospital…. Read more »

Nick Armstrong

Nick Armstrong is Head of Estates for NHS Cheshire & Merseyside. Nick has 21 years of experience working in senior NHS roles across primary care, commissioning and estates. Prior to the establishment of Cheshire & Merseyside Integrated Care Board, Nick was Chief Operating Officer at Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group.

Adam Ewing

Adam has 30+ years’ experience in construction, with the last 10 years focused on providing high quality healthcare facilities.  He recently handed over Heartlands Treatment Centre for University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and is the project lead for their capital works programme, Adam has an excellent understanding of what it takes to deliver major… Read more »

Alison Halmshaw

Alison is an Associate Director at Archus, working in the Programme & Project Management team. She is an NEC3 & 4 Accredited ECC Project Manager and Better Business Case Practitioner with almost 20 years’ experience in healthcare where she has worked with clients across the entire NHS system including acute, mental health and community Trusts… Read more »

Thomas Rutherford

I have worked within the NHS for over 15 years in both mental health & acute healthcare settings. Since completing an NHS apprenticeship starting in 2008, I have progressed within the engineering estates department to a senior role with AP appointments in Medical Gas, Ventilation, Water, Decontamination & Lifts.

Mark Lakey

Focused, self motivated individual, target driven with a drive to expand key accounts and partnership opportunities. Have the honour and pleasure to be leading our Sustainability product portfolio market development and support of the NHS drive to reduce the impact of N2O on our wonderful world’s carbon foot print. Very much a people person which… Read more »