Emma Waterhouse
Emma Waterhouse is a Vice President at Boreal IM\, a pan-European real estate investment manager specialising in the industrial and logistics sector. She leads the firm’s sustainability function\, driving strategy and implementation across its European portfolio\, alongside her role in Investor Relations and Business Development. Her work includes leading Boreal’s portfolio-wide decarbonisation programme\, with a particular focus on energy efficiency\, renewable energy and the rollout of rooftop solar PV across its assets.
Emma has over a decade of experience in financial services and real estate\, including previous investment roles at BlackRock and Logicor spanning acquisitions and asset management across the UK and continental Europe. She is also a member of the Cambridge University Land Society Sustainability Forum.
Panellists
Matthew King
Matthew King is a Design Director and leader of Savills M&\;E Consultancy's Design &\; Projects team\, where he advises investors\, developers\, and occupiers on some of the UK's most complex decarbonisation and retrofit programmes. With over 18 years of experience in building services engineering\, he specialises in the electrification of heat\, district energy networks\, and optimising building performance to support net zero carbon ambitions. Matthew is recognised for translating technical and operational challenges into practical\, commercially focused solutions that deliver lasting value across real estate portfolios.
Bill Sneyd
Bill Sneyd is Chief Commercial Officer at Electron Green – a leading European commercial rooftop solar developer. Bill has worked in energy for his whole career with the last 25 years in the low carbon sector and solar for much of the last 15 years. He works with many institutional property owners including Mileway\, Indurent\, Ares and Boreal to help them develop and deliver commercially impactful onsite renewables programs.
Nigel Banks
Nigel Banks is a Technical Director at Octopus Energy. He is passionate about improving homes to benefit our health\, our wallets and our planet. Having worked in housing design\, construction and manufacturing\, Nigel now leads Octopus Energy’s work with housing partners to make full use of low carbon technology to lower and even eliminate home and vehicle energy bills. When combined with Octopus Energy's renowned customer service\, this is helping to unlock more sustainable energy for our customers globally.
Stephen Hill
Stephen is an Associate Director in the sustainability team with Arup in London. He specialises in the development of carbon and sustainability strategies for buildings and portfolios across a range of sectors. Stephen is passionate about the climate crisis and whether working on an individual building or across industry is a strong advocate for the property sector’s transition to Net Zero. He is a member of the NABERS UK Independent Design Review panel\, and is Arup’s representative on the BCO ESG Committee. He was also the CIBSE Building Performance Engineer of the Year 2023. Stephen was lead author for Arup’s most recent collaboration with WBCSD – Achieving Net-Zero Buildings – An Action Plan for Market Transformation\, published in March 2025
https://www.wbcsd.org/resources/achieving-net-zero-buildings/
With thanks to ARUP for generously hosting the event and providing breakfast refreshments\, and to Savills for their support.
Places are limited and advance booking is essential.
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