John Pienaar, the BBC’s Senior Political Correspondent, presented the UK Chapter Awards at the inaugural Breakfast held at the Institute of Directors on Tuesday 27 November 2012.
A total of £1069.20 was raised from donations at the breakfast for LandAid. LandAid is the property charity for young disadvantaged children.
Corporate Real Estate Executive of the Year Award
Sponsored by SEGRO, the Award was presented to Tony Buckham, HSBC.
Tony Buckham of HSBC, Britain’s largest bank, was appointed Global Head of corporate real estate in 2010, from his previous role as Chief Technology and Services Officer. This unique background has allowed him to make major cost and environmental savings and to re-engineer the organisations corporate real estate operating model, outsourcing arrangements and global governance procedures and standards. A huge achievement in a short time.
Corporate Real Estate Partnership
Sponsored by Turner & Townsend, the Award was presented to The Royal Bank of Scotland, DTZ, DLA Piper & GVA – for their complete end to end real estate service across the 1.86 million sq m UK & Ireland RBS portfolio.
The Royal Bank of Scotland, DTZ, GVA and DLA Piper partnership is an impressive example of different firms working together positively and creatively to support each other in the client’s interests. Together the team adopts a highly-motivated approach to property management, transactions and legal services for 2,700 buildings. The delegated authority given to the partners not only displays trust but also speeds up the decision making process.
Innovation & Sustainability Award
Sponsored by Qube Global Software, the Award was presented to Matt Robertson, CBRE – for the Benchmarking & Opportunity Spotting System, designed to automate and industrialise the portfolio optimisation process for occupiers.
Matt Robertson of CBRE created the BOSS system to help optimise large global portfolios quickly. Incorporating sophisticated algorithms to suggest key decisions for buildings across an international portfolio, the BOSS system produces analysis in days rather than months. This saving in time gives momentum to strategy as well as substantially reducing costs.
Significant Contribution to Corporate Real Estate Award
The Significant Contribution to Corporate Real Estate Award was presented to Philip Ross, CEO of UnGroup and Cordless Consultants. He has been writing and thinking about technology and the workplace for the last 20 years and, in doing so, has helped many leading occupiers to achieve substantial performance and productivity improvements. In short, he has encouraged us to transform our buildings into productive workplaces.
Young Person's Essay Award
The Young Person’s Essay Award, sponsored by Deloitte was won by Andrew Jefford, M2J.
Judging Panel
Christopher Hedley of IPD, Chair of the Judges, said:
“Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the awards process so far, the standard of entries has been very impressive. This was a strong field and the entries shortlisted reflect some of the best and most innovative work in UK corporate real estate today."