Lighting
David Atkinson
Principal
DALD
David Atkinson has won numerous international awards since forming practice more than 30 years ago. In 2011 he was named Lighting Designer of the Year. He studied at the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art and worked in TV, immersive experiences and commercial presentations before entering architectural lighting.
Peter Fordham,
Electrical Design Manager, Sainsbury's
Peter Fordham started lighting for bands and shows in school and at Imperial College, where he graduated with a degree in electrical and electronic engineering. After completing the LET Diploma in Light and Lighting, he became passionate about creating designs focused on the user. He is responsible for lighting in Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat.
Dan Lister
Associate
Arup
Dan Lister is a lighting designer with 24 years of experience with Arup, leading the specialist lighting team across the UK. With a broad range of experience with electrical and natural lighting design in all sectors, Dan has development a passion in the creative and technical aspects of lighting for urban environments. Dan is the current president of the Society of Light and Lighting.
Ruth Kelly Waskett
Associate
Hoare Lea
Chris Barnes
Energy Manager
Consultant
Chris Barnes is a highly experienced engineering and energy specialist. He was the maintenance and energy manager at London South Bank University, tasked with achieving the institution’s HEFCE carbon reduction target of 35 per cent. Before this, he managed the engineering department at London ExCeL.
Susan Lake
Principal
SLLD
Susan Lake attended both Napier University in Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art, gaining a Master’s degree in interior design. She was a senior lighting designer at Lighting Design Partnership International and Lighting Design International. She has worked on many award-winning hotel, spa, and corporate headquarters projects.
Guy Young
Managing Director
Eco Fix UK
Guy Young is managing director at Eco Fix UK, which offers full fit-outs and refurbishments while supplying energy-efficient solutions. His background is in lighting: previously he was lighting solutions director at Mitie and before that, he was at Aurora Lighting and LED supplier Seoul Semiconductor.
Vasiliki Malakasi
Director
Idea Design
Vasiliki Malakasi is an award winning lighting designer, architect and lighting enthusiast with over 18 years of experience on high profile projects. Following her MSc in Light and Lighting at UCL in 2006, she worked for Arup and Equation in London. In 2013, she set up her own lighting design practice, Idea Design based in London and Athens.
Simon Panduro
Lighting designer
& interaction designer
Simon Panduro is an award-winning lighting designer and interaction designer. He holds an M.Sc in Lighting Design from Aalborg University Copenhagen and has run his own practice since 2017. He has led a variety of interactive lighting projects focused on socially engagement.
Aluwaine Manyonga
Developer
Chigubhu lantern
David Mooney
Associate
Atkins
David Mooney has worked in the lighting industry since 1983 as a consultant, electrical engineer and lighting designer. He was the lead designer on the CAA’s Air Traffic Control Centre at Swanwick, working with Zumtobel on the UK’s first digital control system. His career has included stints at BDP, Arup, RMJM and BDSP PB.
Dorit Bagehorn
Lighting Designer
Aecom
Dorit Bagehorn has been a lighting designer with Aecom since 2015. Having worked in building services , she has solely been focusing on specialist architectural lighting since 2010. She has worked on a variety of prestigious international projects, including hotels and lobbies, residential, restaurants, landscape, retail and bridges.
Dave Tilley
Principal
Lightology
Dave Tilley provides lighting design, maintenance, energy management, specification and recycling consultancy to the retail and commercial sectors. Clients include John Lewis, Nando’s, The Body Shop, The Bank of England, L’Oréal and the Ministry of Defence. He's a regular speaker at lighting events.
Nigel Harvey
CEO
Recolight
Nigel Harvey joined Recolight, the lighting industry's compliance body for environmental regulations, in 2009. Since then, the organisation has recycled no fewer than a third of a billion waste lamps. A passionate environmentalist and climate activist, he was voted Lux Magazine’s first ever Person of the Year in 2012 for his work on sustainability.
Mike Collett
Principal
Exalta
Mike Collett is owner of the consultancy Exalta Business Growth and has spent the last 40 years involved in International business and lighting. He was the international sales director of exterior lighting manufacturer DZ LIcht and the owner and CEO of Wila Lighting and the Wila Group before setting up his consultancy.
Alma Cardzic
Associate Director
HDR
Ian Douglas-Smith
Development Consultant
Kelly Taylor & Associates
Ian Douglas-Smith BEng has worked in every stakeholder role within the lighting industry and is now a development consultant specialising in IOT based services. He has brought to market many technology firsts for some of Europe's largest end users, He continues to push the boundaries of what is possible.
Michael Grubb
Founder and MD
Michael Grubb Studio
Michael Grubb has worked with global brands such as Diageo, McLaren, Amazon and Lavazza to develop their unique ‘language of light’. He was appointed Learning Legacy Ambassador for Lighting for London 2012 Olympics. He has a personal commitment to sustainability which saw him co-found the Re:LIT initiative. He was named UK Lighting Designer of the Year in 2012
Mary Rushton-Beales
Principal
Lighting Design House
Mary Rushton-Beales has more than 30 years experience in lighting and has run her own independent design practice since 1995. Collaboration with design academic Steve Edge of Salvedge sustainable design means that applying biophilic design principles is now a key element of the healthy lit environments she creates.
Chris Wright
Technical Director
Powercor
Chris Wright EngTech TMIET is an electrical engineer specialising in energy reduction in buildings using LED lighting, controls and other technologies. Before his current role, he was managing director at Powercor, the leading electrical engineering company, for over 23 years. CATEGORIES: Solar and Battery Systems, Circular Economy
Geraldine O'Farrell
Chartered Building
Services Engineer
Geraldine O’Farrell DipConHistEnv(RICS), FCIBSE FIET FSLL has 45 years’ experience in design, the last 25 in heritage and conservation. She has prepared numerous technical guidance documents on lighting and was involved in the lighting strategy for London and lighting guidance for the Church of England. .
Dean Skira
Founder
Skira
Dean Skira is a multi-award winning architect, product and lighting designer. His iconic luminaires include the Trick for iGuzzini and the Polesano for Delta Light. He founded his first lighting design practice in New York in 1990. His current practice, Skira, is based in his native Pula, Croatia.
Marcus Steffen
Founder
MS Lighting Design
Marcus Steffen is an award-winning designer and founder of MS Lighting Design practice based in London. Marcus lectures at the Inchbald School of Design in London, teaching classes on lighting design to interior designers and is also the author of the acclaimed book, ‘Residential Lighting Design’.
Andrew Bissell
Partner
Ridge and Partners
Andrew Bissell has 25 years’ experience in lighting design and engineering. His designs focus on people's experience in a space, their emotions and visual needs. He's a past president of the Society of Light and Lighting and has contributed to many of its lighting guides.
Energy
Dr KT TanChair of MCS Solar IEC Expert and Chief Technology OfficerViridian Solar/MCS
A chartered engineer, Dr KT Tan is CTO at Viridian Solar, based in Cambridge with its innovative Clearline Fusion range. He’s passionate about developing technologies for the renewable sector. He specialises in solar with a particular interest in roof-integrated systems. He is a Fellow of the IET and deputy chair of the GEL/82 Standards Policy and Strategy Committee for PV Systems. CATEGORIES: Solar and Battery Systems
Geraldine O'Farrell
Chartered Building
Services Engineer
Geraldine O’Farrell DipConHistEnv(RICS), FCIBSE FIET MSLL is a distinguished engineer with over 45 years’ experience in design, the last 21 in the heritage and conservation buildings sector. She has prepared numerous technical guidance documents on lighting and was involved in the formulation of the lighting strategy for London. CATEGORIES: Solar and Battery Systems, Circular Economy, Retrofit Product and Lighting
Luke OsborneEnergy and Emerging Technologies Solutions AdvisorElectrical Contractors Association
Neil SaltFounderEvolvr
Neil Salt is a marketing and business development professional with 20 years experience in high-growth, emerging technology companies. He is now the founder of Evolvr, a marketing consultancy firm. He was a founding director of Aurora Lighting and Gooee, as well the chief marketing officer of EVRYTHNG. He is passionate about product ideation and marketing that sells.
CATEGORY: Smart Home
James MickelburghDirectorJensen Hunt Design
James Mickelburgh works in the built environment in the structural engineering and development sectors. He’s passionate about good design, quality materials and achieving carbon neutral house design through collaboration with other organisations and companies. Design and quality is his main focus and he works with a number of companies within the built environment with the same focus. CATEGORY: Building Performance
Keiron LloydSenior Operations and Maintenance Manager, Sero
Keiron Lloyd is Senior Operations and Maintenance Manager at Sero, which helps homeowners achieve net zero. He has 20 years experience in the built environment specialising in some of the most exciting renewable initiatives, including large scale PV projects and housing decarbonisation. CATEGORY: Building Performance
Aluwaine ManyongaEnergy Advisor
Aluwaine Manyonga is an electrical engineering undergraduate at the University of Zimbabwe. He has worked at Emmanuel Consultancy engineers in Harare. Manyonga is the developer of the ingenious Chigubhu lantern, described as Africa’s ‘education system game changer’. He won the Society of Light and Lighting Young Lighter of the Year for 2020.
CATEGORIES: Solar and Battery Systems, Circular Economy
Jim RuggHeadReplenishh
Jeremy TurnerFounderFAB Controls
Jeremy Turner is the founder of the systems integration business FAB Controls and a technology and controls expert with experience in the smart home and lighting markets. He’s also as authorised Google Cloud Cloud trainer, an IOT application developer, and an Alexa and Google Home SmartHomedeveloper. He has spoken at many conferences on the subject around the world. CATEGORY: Smart Home
Luke WhaleTechnical DirectorStaircraft
A civil engineer by training, Luke began in research before becoming technical director of Gang-Nail Systems. He ran consultancies TimberSolve and C4Ci before joining Staircraft Group. He co-founded DAISY AI Inc - a start-up aimed at developing AI applications. He is chaired of the BSI structural timber committee and co-author of the European timber design standard Eurocode 5. CATEGORY: Offsite Construction
Jake MaddocksDirectorHeatForce
Jon ArntsenFounderWhisper Contols
Jon Arnsten has 30 years experience in the HVAC market with undimmed passion for product and the installers who use them. He has had a particular focus on valves and their application. From European Product standard committee work to trade association work on underfloor heating, Jon has worked to share this knowledge gained through exposure to installations. CATEGORIES: Home Heating and Ventilation
Theo Paradise-HirstTechnical Director - Advanced Buildings and Infrastructure Group, London
Chris Barnes
Energy Manager
LSBU
Chris Barnes is maintenance and energy manager at London South Bank University, tasked with achieving the institution’s HEFCE carbon reduction target of 35 per cent. Before this, he managed the engineering department at London ExCeL, which hosted the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. CATEGORIES: Building Performance, Retrofit Product
Richard YoungHead of Compliance & Property Safety AssociationPOBL Group
Chris WrightTechnical DirectorPowercor
Chris Wright EngTech TMIET is an electrical engineer specialising in energy reduction in buildings using LED lighting, controls and other technologies. Before his current role, he was managing director at Powercor, the leading electrical engineering company, for over 23 years. He has extensive experience in the installation of complex renewable systems and technologies. CATEGORIES: Solar and Battery Systems, Circular Economy, Lighting
Claire MillerDirector of Technology and InnovationOctopus Energy
Claire Miller is an innovator, engineer and advisor who helps businesses start, scale and transform. She was a founding member of the team at Octopus Electric Vehicles, led the delivery of the Powerloop vehicle to grid (V2G) service and architected the systems of the EV leasing business. She holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College. CATEGORIES: EV Charging, Solar and Battery Systems
Alex Avila
Head of Plan Zero ConsultingMitie
Ray MolonyEditoreFIXX News Weekly
Gordon RoutledgeCo-foundereFIXX
Gordon Routledge is the founder of the YouTube channel eFIXX, a specialist platform for electrical contractors which focuses on innovative and renewable technologies such as EV charger and solar and battery systems. He is an entrepreneur and innovator with a series of patents to his name in the field of electronics and LEDs. He was the founder of Lux magazine and the LuxLive exhibitions.
CATEGORY: Smart Home