Past Events

Lisbon 2025

In 2025, ShedMasters proudly celebrated its 25th anniversary in true style at the stunning SUD Lisboa venue in Lisbon. Marking a quarter-century at the forefront of the UK and European logistics and industrial property sector, the event brought together an exceptional group of industry leaders for a milestone occasion.

The conference featured a special address from Graham Brown of Savills, founder of ShedMasters, reflecting on the evolution of the sector and the enduring importance of strategic collaboration. Delegates were also treated to a powerful keynote from renowned broadcaster and political commentator Andrew Neil, whose insights into the global economic and political landscape set the tone for dynamic discussion throughout the day.

Hosted by Savills, Stevens & Bolton, GLP, Mountpark, RPS (A Tetra Tech Company), and Verdion, and supported by LAH Property Marketing, the 2025 conference combined sharp industry intelligence with unrivalled networking opportunities.

We were also honoured to support Myocarditis UK, raising awareness and funds for a very important cause.

Guest Speakers

Guest Speakers

Andrew Neil
Andy Jansons
Graham Brown

Andrew Neil

Andrew Neil is a publisher, broadcaster, speaker, and company chairman. He was named UK Journalist of the Year by the Political Studies Association, and one of the five hundred most influential people in the UK by Debrett’s.  He is Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Press Holdings Media Group, publishers of The Spectator.

During his twenty-five years with the BBC Andrew presented a variety of live political shows from The AndrewNeil Show, to Politics Live. For sixteen years, he presented the award-winning This Week. He also presented three editions of the Daily Politics every week, and the Sunday Politics.

Andy Jansons

Andy Jansons is the founder of Myocarditis UK. Myocarditis UK (formally The Alexander Jansons Fund) was set up after the death of Alexander Jansons from myocarditis in July 2013, at the age of 18. With little to no information provided on this inflammatory condition affecting the heart, the charity was founded to research the causes, prevention, and cures for myocarditis. The charity has raised over £1,000,000 towards research and to generate greater awareness about this often hidden condition.

Today, we remain focused on raising awareness, finding answers and saving lives. So, we were delighted to be Shedmasters’ nominated charity for 2025.

“We are truly honoured to be selected as the main charity for this incredible event. This partnership will amplify our shared mission, driving change and creating lasting impact where it’s needed most.” Andy Jansons, Founder of Myocarditis UK.

Graham Brown

As a founding figure of ShedMasters and a leading voice in the logistics property sector, Graham Brown, Director at Savills, set the stage for the 25th anniversary conference with a compelling reflection on the journey of ShedMasters. His address highlighted the origins of the event, its evolution over a quarter-century, and its enduring mission to unite the most influential minds in logistics and industrial real estate. Graham’s remarks paid tribute to the collaborative spirit that has defined ShedMasters since its inception, while inspiring delegates to continue driving the sector forward with innovation, integrity, and ambition.

Amsterdam 2024

Shedmasters once again bought together leading developers investors occupiers’ agents and facilitators all focussed on the UK and European industrial and logistics sector.

This exclusive invitation only event hosted by Savills, Stevens & Bolton, Verdion, GLP, Mountpark, and RPS a Tetra Tech Property Company was organised and supported by LAH Property Marketing.

As always there were plenty of opportunities to network and do business amongst friends’ colleagues and new contacts.

Guest Speakers, Mediators & Comperes

Guest Speakers, Mediators & Comperes

Paul Shearer
Natali Cooper
Justin Hildebrandt
Catriona Fraser
Thierry Malleret

Paul Shearer

Paul is an independent writer, presenter and journalist who specialises in property. He wrote on residential property for both the FT, House and Home, and The Times, Bricks and Mortar. Paul currently hosts a weekly podcast for APW, a company that advises expats on buying residential property in the UK. On commercial property, Paul has worked on many videos, white papers and podcasts for commercial property consultants GVA, Capita and IPSX, a securities exchange for commercial property. Recent work for GLP and GCP has centred on all aspects of logistics through presenting livestream broadcasts, podcasts and videos.

Natali Cooper

Real estate executive with over 20 years of real estate experience in managing investments. Strong track record in acquisitions across all Real Estate sectors in Europe. Extensive expertise in managing cross-border real estate investments, creation of de novo operating entities, delivery of strategic asset management plans, sourcing financings and capital. Extensive experience in fund management, investment management and asset management. In her current role, Natali is Head of Asset Management and ESG – Europe at GLP. She leads on formulating asset management and ESG policies and implementation of the strategies.

Justin Hildebrandt

Justin serves as Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe, for Affinius Capital (fka USAA Real Estate) where he oversees its European operations and investments, splitting his time between London and Amsterdam. Justin is also actively involved with Mountpark, Affinius Capital’s pan-European logistics development company. Furthermore, Justin leads Affinius’s growing real estate investment activities in European purpose-built rental housing, data centers, film and sound studios, and credit. Justin is passionate about the intersections of technology and real estate, innovation in design, and creating positive results for investors and the people and communities in which he invests.

Catriona Fraser

Director, Catriona Fraser specialises in providing strategic planning advice at Turley, primarily focused on the industrial and logistics as well as residential sectors. Catriona’s work is notable for embracing innovative approaches to overcome urban development challenges, including through strategies such as co-location. She has been involved in a broad range of developments across varied sizes and scales, including purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), co-living, residential-led mixed-use developments, industrial and logistics, within and outside of London. Catriona sits as Chair of the New London Architecture (NLA) Industrial & Logistics Panel, where she shares insights and steers best practice into the development, sustainability and planning of urban logistics in the capital.

Thierry Malleret

Thierry is Founder and former Head of the Global Risk Network at the World Economic Forum, a network that brings together top opinion and policymakers, CEOs and academics to look at how global issues will affect business and society in the short and long term.

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Barcelona 2023

ShedMasters brought together leading developers, investors, occupiers, agents and facilitators all focused on the UK and European industrial and logistics sector. ShedMasters was an invitation-only event hosted by Savills, Stevens & Bolton, GLP, Mountpark, RPS, A Tetra Tech Company, and Verdion. Organised and supported by LAH Property Marketing.

As always, there were plenty of opportunities to network.

Guest Speakers, Mediators & Comperes

Guest Speakers, Mediators & Comperes

Robert Guest
Sally Bruer
Kevin Mofid
Ben Segelman
Charles Pease
Simon Rønnov Jensen
Kevin Marriott

Robert Guest

Deputy Editor of The Economist

Robert Guest is Deputy Editor of The Economist, arguably the most influential news magazine in the world. He travels constantly around the world and speaks regularly to CEOs and entrepreneurs in all industries. He is a witty and entertaining speaker, who simplifies complex subjects and spices up his presentations with jokes and first-hand anecdotes.

He is regularly asked to chair conferences or give keynote speeches. Few other speakers can give such a vivid, up-to-date or global perspective on business and politics. Mr Guest has reported from more than 90 countries and lived in six. He has won numerous awards.

As The Economist’s Deputy Editor, Robert helps oversee all the magazine’s coverage of current affairs, from geopolitics to global economics. His previous roles include Foreign Editor, United States Editor and Business Editor.

Sally Bruer

Head of EMEA Logistics & Industrial Research & Insight, Cushman & Wakefield

Sally has over 20 years’ experience as an analyst specialising in industrial and logistics commercial property research and analysis. Sally leads Cushman & Wakefield’s EMEA insight for logistics & industrial property and has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis of property market dynamics along with broader economic and sectoral trends and drivers affecting occupiers, developers and investors. She is highly experienced in market data management, analysis and reporting and regularly presents at industry events and to clients.

From 2017 to 2019, Sally was Head of Research at fund manager Tritax Management, where she was responsible for research and analysis and assisting with implementing fund management investment strategy and key reporting. From 2005 to 2017, Sally was Partner & Head of Industrial Research at Gerald Eve, responsible for extensive research and analysis including detailed research on market dynamics and performance indicators. From 2002 to 2005, Sally was a research analyst at DTZ where she specialised in occupier research, with specific focus on logistics and industrial property. Prior to that, she was a research analyst at investment bank Goldman Sachs, working in corporate and sectoral research.

Sally is a member of the Investment Property Forum, Industrial Agents Society and Society of Property Researchers.

Kevin Mofid

Director in the Savills Research

Kevin is a Director in the Savills Research covering all aspects of commercial occupational and investment markets but with a specific focus on industrial and logistics markets. Kevin co-ordinates market data collection across the UK ands the periodical Big Shed Briefing reports.

He specialises in topic and trend based research by applying “real life” issues to logistics and industrial property. Key examples being a landmark study into the real estate implications of the growing waste management and recycling industry and the landmark Warehouse of the Future Report.

Kevin regularly presents at industry events and has appeared at The Estates Gazette European Distribution Summit, the Retail Week Supply Chain Summit, Warehousing Futures and other events for the IPF, IPD and the CPD Foundation

Kevin is a member of Industrial Agents Society, CILT, IPF and Past Chair of the Society of Property Researchers.

Ben Segelman

Global Capital Markets Head, Real Estate Solutions, DHL Supply Chain

Ben is an experienced property professional having worked on both the principal and advisory side of the commercial property markets leading teams in the UK, Europe and globally. He has a deep knowledge of fund & asset management and investment & development management. Ben has managed equity and debt funds and sought to develop and attract new business opportunities globally through mergers and acquisitions.

Ben has managed real estate assets full circle from acquisition to disposal, having executed business plans from asset origination, development and midway through their investment cycle in distressed and special situations. Ben is experienced across all asset sectors, with a specialisation in Logistics & Light Industrial and has been involved in capital transactions at the property level in excess of a billion euros and managed sizeable real estate funds and teams.

Charles Pease

GXO Logistics, Head Of Real Estate Europe

With 30 years’ international experience in the real estate logistics and industrial sector, Charles Pease has substantial occupational and business experience.

Prior to joining GXO, formerly part of XPO Logistics, which is now the world’s largest pure play contract logistics provider, Charles worked at several Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 corporates including SEGRO PLC, General Electric and Walt Disney. He now oversees all of  GXO’s real estate matters in Europe which comprises 578 locations in 15 countries and a portfolio totalling 10 million square metres supported by a team of ten real estate professionals.

Simon Rønnov Jensen

Global Head of Industrial Real Estate at A.P. Moller-Maersk

Several years with Maersk in various positions within the Corporate Real Estate team and bringing the experience from a client perspective.

Maersk has since the announcement of our Integrator Strategy in 2018, been going through a huge transformation from a conglomerate to become an integrated transport and logistics company which has triggered a significant focus on growing the industrial and logistics portfolio across the globe.

Kevin Marriott

Head of Marketing and Communications - Europe at GLP Europe

Business to business marketing professional – recently supported the development of the first UK Real Estate Stock Exchange in the world, IPSX. Delighted to be working with GLP Europe in building a unique brand in real estate investment and development serving the logistics and distribution markets.

Specialties: Branding, identity, event management, media relations, presentation training, communications strategies, thought leadership, writing and content creation.

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Sponsorship

Shedmasters 23 Charity Appeal

ShedMasters have chosen to support The BatonOfHopeUK charity, created originally by Mike McCarthy and Steve Phillip, following the tragic loss of their sons Ross and Jordan by suicide.

The BatonOfHopeUK is designed to be the highest profile and biggest impact suicide awareness and prevention initiative the UK has ever seen. Its primary purpose is to help move us towards a zero suicide society by raising awareness about suicide and suicide prevention, opening up conversations about suicide and suicide prevention, and encouraging appropriate action.

Make a donation to this remarkable and worthy cause.