Alex Midgen is a Partner, the Global Head of Real Estate, Co-Head of UK and Chairman of the UK Executive Committee within Global Advisory at Rothschild & Co in London. He has 33 years of industry experience and was previously a Director of Songbird Estates plc and Canary Wharf Group plc from 2004 to 2015.
Prior to joining Rothschild & Co in 1994, Alex was at Bernard Thorpe and DTZ Debenham Thorpe (now Cushman & Wakefield). Alex holds a first-class degree in Textiles, Economics, Management from the University of Manchester Science & Technology, has a Diploma in Property Valuation and Law from City University, and is a qualified member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Liz Peace CBE, will lead the questions and answers.
Liz has had a unique career spanning both the public and private sectors. She began her career in the Ministry of Defence, where she played a pivotal role in the creation of QinetiQ plc in 2001. Transitioning to the private sector, Liz became the Chief Executive of the British Property Federation, significantly contributing to the establishment of the UK’s Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) structure. In recognition of her services to the property industry, she was awarded a CBE in 2008.
Since leaving the BPF in 2014, Liz has built a non-executive portfolio career primarily focused on the built environment. She currently holds NED roles at Howard de Walden Estates, Greencore Homes and AEW UK REIT plc. She is the Chair of the University of Cambridge Property Board and Nuclear Waste Services Ltd and Senior Independent Governor at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Additionally, Liz chairs the Churches Conservation Trust, which looks after 357 redundant Church of England churches. She was a founder member and subsequently chair of Real Estate Balance, a campaigning organization dedicated to improving diversity and inclusion in the real estate industry…..
