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Anna is a Chartered Engineer, Co-founder of BEDesign and Head of ESG and Sustainability with 22 years of experience in the Construction Industry. She is experienced in delivering cost effective and sustainable solutions for large scale developments in the UK and Europe. She is skilled at providing Net Zero and wellbeing solutions for new builds and crafting strategies at portfolio level assessing the risk of stranded assets. Anna and her team have delivered £multi-million facilities for clients, funders, developers, investors and end-users across the retail, leisure, industrial, logistics and manufacturing sectors. Successful projects include millions of square feet of logistics and industrial buildings in the UK and Europe as well as state of the art retail park Rushden Lakes in Northamptonshire and a number of Regeneration projects in the Olympic Park.

Anna is working closely with the partners of UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard. She is leading BEDesign’s experts who are undertaking the software modelling of Operational energy and Embodied carbon in the Warehousing and Logistics Sector for inclusion in the Standard.

Anna's passion is to create buildings that have sustainability principles at their heart, ensuring that climate resilience, wellbeing, biophilic and Net Zero Carbon designs meet with cost effective and value-adding approaches.

Anna believes that protecting Planet earth is our priority in every decision we make and her favourite quote supports that:
“if you really think the environment is less important than the economy, try holding your breath while you count your money” Dr Guy Mc Pherson.

Anna is a mentor in the Mentoring Circle empowering women in construction, she was also shortlisted for the Building Awards 2017, Woman of the Year.

She loves yoga and meditation as well as enjoying her favourite green tea which needs to brew slowly in a teapot every single time.