Reading Development Plans 2016

Attend this event to hear the Reading Development Plans – Informing you are FOUR of Reading’s leading development figures who will be presenting their investment/development plans for the next few years!

Join us at the Town Hall in Reading on Tuesday 18th October to hear the Development Plans for Reading over the next few years and network with peers from the Construction & Property Industry!

In attendance will be Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Project Managers, Business Development Managers, Solicitors, Lawyers and many more Construction and Property Professionals, there to hear about the Reading Development Plans and network with like-minded individuals.

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Reading Development Plans 2016 Event Format

• 1530 – 1600; Registration
• 1600 – 1645; Networking with Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• 1645 – 1815; Speaker Presentations
• 1815 – 1900; Networking with Hot Food, Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• 1930 – 2200; After Event Speakers Dinner (VIP TICKET HOLDERS ONLY)

Reading Development Plans 2016 VIP Tickets

We have an exciting new opportunity for you – buy a VIP ticket to this event and come to dinner straight after the event with the speakers who have accepted an invitation, see below.

Great food, good wine and excellent conversation.

Reading Development Plans 2016 VIP Ticket Privileges

• FREE attendance at Speakers Dinner
• Reserved seating in the front two rows at the event
• Guaranteed tickets at Sold-Out events
• Only 15 VIP Tickets available at each event
• VIP Name Badges
• Maximum two VIP Tickets per Company

Reading Development Plans 2016 VIP Dinner Venue – Forbury’s Restaurant

Come to dinner and join:

• Dr David Gillham – University of Reading
• Leigh Thomas – Kier Property
• Others to be confirmed

Reading Development Plans 2016 Speakers

James Silver, Development Director; Landid

James Silver has a 15-year track record in the property industry. Before joining Landid he has worked throughout the UK for two of the largest property advisors, Healey & Baker and Knight Frank.

James has worked at Landid for over 5 years.  He works with Brockton on the Thames Valley portfolio and was involved in the recent purchase of the former Coca Cola headquarters in Hammersmith. Recent successes have been the leasing of space to tenants such as Rio Tinto, The Bullitt Group and H&M at One Valpy and subsequent sale of the building to Standard Life. He was also involved in bringing KP Snacks to the Urban Building in Slough where they set up their HQ.

Leigh Thomas, Managing Director; Kier Property

Responsible for the identification and delivery of mixed use and commercial developments throughout the UK.

Dr David Gillham, Executive Director Thames Valley Science Park; University of Reading

With a background in R&D and business development, my role at the University is in leading a number of activities aimed at developing relationships between the University and business community, knowledge transfer and also in the running of a subsidiary business incubation operation for innovative and technology orientated companies that are based on the University campus.  The University are now developing a new Science Park to further develop the community of companies that are associated with the University on a green field site to the south of Reading and I am the Executive Director responsible for establishing that new business.

Aside from core university business I have been a non-exec Director of a number of companies- mainly University spin outs and am also an executive member of the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership with a key interest in innovation and early stage technology stage companies.

Prior to joining the University in 2006 I spent 20 years with global life sciences companies in R&D and business development roles both in the UK and overseas.

Nigel Howe, Chief Executive Officer; Reading Football Club

Having graduated from Aston in 1981 with BSc in Building Management, Nigel Howe has gone on to be the longest serving CEO of a football club with Reading FC, which he joined in 1995.Prior to this, Nigel worked in property development and asset management with his own company –   what Nigel describes as the soft end of property.  Nigel was contracted to build a new stadium for Reading FC. The original stadium at Elm Park had a capacity of 11,000, and the aim was to build a 25,000 seater stadium.  It was a year later that Reading FC Chairman, Sir John Madejski asked Nigel to become CEO of Reading FC. Over the years, Nigel has been involved in all of Sir John’s worldwide empire including building up a property portfolio that has gone on to be worth several hundreds of millions of pounds.

Nigel describes life as ‘very busy…with five children and then match day is just like a working day… In football I’m there in my role – I’m meeting so many different people involved in the club – it’s a busy life, I’m not complaining, I love it’.

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