Speakers | Defence Estates & Infrastructure

2026 Chairman:

Air Commodore (Retd.) James Savage
Former Head of Infrastructure
UK Royal Air Force

2026 Speakers:

Major General AJ Smith
Director of Army Basing & Infrastructure
British Army

Air Commodore Phil Reid
Head of Infrastructure
UK RAF

Brigadier General Mariusz Ochalski
Chief, Military Engineering Directorate & Deputy Inspector of Combat Support
Polish Armed Forces

Dan Ross
Deputy Director Nuclear Infrastructure - Major Programmes & Projects
UK Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Dave Aldridge
Head of Estates
DSTL - UK MoD

James Heaton-Smith
Delivery Director, Clyde Transformation Programme
UK Royal Navy

Colonel Kaspars Miezītis
Head
Latvian Military Facilities and Procurement Centre

Colonel Giovanni Tota
Civil Engineer,1st Troop Labour Department
Italian Air Force

Colonel Knuth Pfeiffer
Deputy Head of Infrastructure Directorate
Federal Office of Bundeswehr Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services (BAIUDBw)

Federal Office of Bundeswehr Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services (BAIUDBw)

Kirk Phillips
Director
Air Force Office of Energy Assurance (AFCEC/CN)

Lieutenant Colonel Steven Cotton
Military Finance Business Partner & NATO Security Investment Programme Lead
Royal Navy

Lieutenant Colonel Hugues Ostoja-Kuczynski
Chief Engineer - Infrastructure Projects
Belgian Defense

Caroline Compton-James
Deputy Chief Executive
SCAPE

David Thompson
Director General Portfolio Requirements
Canadian Department of National Defence

Dr. Matias Warsta
CEO
Defence Properties Finland

Anna Skowrońska
Director, MILCON Investments
Polish Military Property Agency

Toni Gray
Commercial FM Project Delivery Head,
Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Bryn Turner
Head of Asset Management and Data, Accommodation
Defence Infrastructure Organisation

Ben George
Investment Committee Representative
UK Joint Delegation to NATO

Bernard Whishaw
Programme Manager- Infrastructure and Engineering Programme
NSPA

Catarina Meyer
Chief of Construction Engineering Branch 3
NSPA

Semming Rusten
Head of Operational Support
Norwegian Defence Estates Agency

2026 Industry Speakers

Lee Davison
Bid Director – Civil Engineering
McLaughlin & Harvey

Paula McCloskey
Bid Director – Defence
McLaughlin & Harvey

Clive Billiald
Clive Billiald, Senior Director, Nuclear & Maritime Infrastructure
KBR

Tony Farley
Head of Industrial Structures
Fews

Chetan Kotur
Head of Technology and Innovation
Laing O’ Rourke

Glenn Sheedy
Director of Strategic Programmes
Laing O’Rourke

Keith Yarham
National Sector Lead (Defence)
Willmott Dixon

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