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Sunand Prasad RIBA President

Sunand is a partner of Penoyre & Prasad. He trained at the University of Cambridge and the AA and was formerly a partner of Edward Cullinan Architects. He is a former CABE Commissioner and past chairs the Constructive Change Committee at the RIBA.

Jean Nouvel

Jean is easily France's best known and respected architect. He has been Vice President of the Institute of French Architects, is an honorary fellow of the AIA and won the RIBA Gold Medal in 2001. He is currently working with Foster + Partners on a project in London.


Spencer de Grey CBE

Spencer studied architecture at Cambridge. He joined Foster in 1973, setting up the Hong Kong office in 1979. He chairs the Building Centre Trust and is a member of the Mayor's Design for London Advisory Board. He is now joint Head of Design at Foster + Partners.


Mike Davies CBE

Mike is a director of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and has worked with the practice for more than 30 years, including six years in Paris on the Pompidou Centre. He is currently project director for the Terminal 5 project at Heathrow.


Rafael Vinoly

Rafael was born in Uruguay, raised in Argentina and opened his New York office in 1983. Seven years ago he launched a London office which has been working on theatre projects, art centres and office buildings. He is an International Fellow of the RIBA.


Odile Decq

Odile's firm (Odile Decq and Benoit Cornette Architects) has built a huge range of projects around the world – from China and France to Italy, Austria and the US. She is a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur and in 2007 she became an RIBA International Fellow.


Roisin Heneghan

Roisin is one half of the Dublin firm Heneghan Peng. Their great claim to fame is winning the largest architectural competition in history – the £200m Grand Museum in Egypt, which opens in 2011. The practice has close collaborative links with several engineering consultancies.


Tony McLaughlin

Tony is a partner at Buro Happold and has played a key role on many landmark projects including the Millennium Dome and the Roman Baths project in Bath, with Grimshaw. He currently leads the Grand Museum of Egypt project, working closely with the architects Heneghan Peng.


Will Alsop

Will is one of the UK's best known architects. He has a string of architectural competition and awards successes to his credit, and he is renowned for his close work with a variety of leading artists – most notably Bruce McLean.


Bruce McLean

Bruce is one of the most respected artists in Europe. He has pioneered the collaborative process between artists and architects (mainly with Will Alsop) and for more than 20 years they have been enjoying annual creative meetings to produce large-scale, colourful paintings and sculptural works.


Ellen van Loon

Ellen is a Partner at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Recent projects include the new Rothschild HQ in London, the Casa da Musica, a concert hall in Porto, the Dutch Embassy in Berlin and the Universal headquarters building in Los Angeles.


Andrew Wolstenholme

Andrew graduated from Southampton University with a first in Civil Engineering. He spent 10 years at Arup before joining BAA as its Deputy Construction Director. He is now Group Construction Director and is responsible for one of Europe's largest construction projects – T5.


Duncan Kenworthy OBE

Duncun is one of Britain's top film producers, with Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually among his credits. He has won five BAFTA's and has been nominated for an Oscar. He is the immediate past chairman of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.


Nick Terry

Nick Terry is chairman of BDP South.  He also chairs the British Standards Institution's Building and Civil Engineering Sector Policy & Strategy Committee, is chairman of UK Chapter and international deputy chair of buildingSMART.