Island in the Storm: Resilience and Risks Amid Global Uncertainty

Join us for a leading property industry panel discussion featuring an impressive lineup of experts. Gain critical insights and network with industry leaders as we hear about navigating the complexities of today's global landscape.

The conversation will be chaired by Dominic Morgan (ING Media Ltd.), who will be joined by Roger Madelin CBE (British Land), Peter Freeman CBE (Chair of Cambridge Growth Company, former Chair of Homes England), Ryan Prince (Realstar Group), and a final speaker soon to be announced.

This is a fantastic opportunity to come to JW3, mix and mingle with old contacts and new, delight in some delicious food and get a sense for where we are heading, thanks to the experts on our panel.

Table: £1,500
Ticket: £150

Includes breakfast (supervised kosher).

If you’d like to attend or take a table and bring some guests, colleagues or clients, send an email to helen@jw3development.org.uk.

Speakers■

Dominic Morgan has worked with senior decision makers in the built environment for more than thirty years, advising on communications, brand, marketing and business development strategies. A former property journalist, Dominic has worked on some of the UK’s most transformational real estate developments, supported property companies through periods of change, and helped promote cities and regeneration schemes for inward investment.

Roger Madelin is Joint Head of the 53 acre Canada Water Development at British Land and is a member of the Executive Committee. He joined in February 2016 after 29 years at Argent.

As the development director at Argent from 1988 he was responsible for the delivery of all of Argent’s projects including Brindley Place in Birmingham, Thames Valley Park in Reading and major office projects in central London and the City. The company was a FTSE 250 emerging major from 1993 until it left the stock market in 1997. Roger became CEO of the once again private development business which was then funded by British Telecom Pension Fund and the senior management team.

Over the next decade he expanded Argent’s development activities with major projects in Manchester and further projects in Reading, Birmingham and the City of London. In 2000 he led the company to take forward the development of the 58 acres of ‘railway lands’ between, and to the north of, King’s Cross and St Pancras Stations.

He formally left Argent at the end of 2015 but retained an advisory role on the remaining King’s Cross projects for the Aga Khan Development Network until 2019. He was awarded CBE for Services to Sustainable Development in 2006.

After qualifying as a lawyer, Peter formed the Argent Group of property companies with his brother in 1981. Argent is particularly known for major mixed-use projects like Brindleyplace in Birmingham, and King’s Cross and Brent Cross Town in London. Peter has been a non-executive director on several other property companies and a trustee of a number of charities connected with education, combating intolerance and public performance art. He was shortlisted for the Wolfson Economic Prize on delivering garden cities in 2014 and was until October 2020 Chair of Mayfield Market Towns Ltd. Peter was the principal author of the 2020 Housing Sprint Report.

Peter was awarded a CBE for services to Housing and Communities in the New Year 2020 Honours List and was Chair of Homes England from October 2020 – April 2025. In July 2023 he was appointed Chair of the Government’s Cambridge Growth Company (formerly the Cambridge Delivery Group).

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Ryan moved to London in 1998 to pursue postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics. Shortly after graduating, Ryan co-founded his first venture, iGabriel, one of the UK’s first early-stage tech venture funds backed exclusively by CEOs and entrepreneurs such as Brent Hoberman, Lord Myners, Peter Gabriel and Harvey Goldsmith. After successfully merging with Pi Capital, Ryan went on to establish the UK arm of the Realstar Group of companies, a privately-owned Canadian property investment and management company with over $9B of assets under management. Realstar is focused on hospitality and residential rental assets.

Since 2002, Realstar’s UK&I arm has acquired and developed in excess of £3.5B assets in the hotel, student housing, healthcare and BTR sectors. Currently, it owns and manages over £2.5 billion of property, including a market leading consumer facing rental housing brand called UNCLE. Built on a promise to take the ‘lord’ attitude out of being a landlord, UNCLE (uncle.co.uk) creates places where residents feel respected, looked after, and even a little bit loved. UNCLE currently operates over 6,000 homes across London, Manchester, Leeds and Dublin.

In addition to his business interests, Ryan is also member of the Leadership Council of Facing History & Ourselves, a not‐for‐profit organisation that works with students to take an active role in society in fighting racism and intolerance.