Each year the entries for the Insider Property Awards are judged by an independent panel selected by our editorial team for their expertise in the areas covered, ranging from architecture and urban regeneration through to property investment and funding. The judging is a fully transparent process, with any potential conflicts of interest noted beforehand and accounted for.
Irlam-Mowbray is the regional director of the Royal Institute of British Architects, the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession. It provides support for 40,500 members worldwide in training, technical services, publications and events and works with government to improve the design quality of public buildings, new homes and new communities.
An impassioned and articulate critic of architecture and the built form, Griffin, director of Manchester-based events, exhibitions and design company Spoken Image, is as knowledgeable as anyone in the region on the fabric of our cities and the stories behind the physical and social changes they continue to undergo.
Heggie heads property lending at Investec Private Bank’s Manchester
office, having headed the bank’s move into the city in 2003 with a
structured property finance offer. Since then the bank has expanded its
capabilities in the region, establishing a treasury team early in 2007
and then identifying a strong market for its growth & acquisition
finance division.
Laycock chairs the Forum for the Built Environment, which was founded in 1946 as the Faculty of Building. The national organisation provides a platform for idea-sharing and best practice at a wide range of technical and social events that bring together all different sectors of the property, development and construction industries.
Portnoy, as a tax partner at big four accountancy firm Ernst & Young, is a professional advisor with a wide experience of North West property from a financial perspective. He’s worked on some of the biggest and most important projects in the region.
Welch is the operations director for the north at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Founded in 1868 and given its royal charter in 1881, RICS has around 100,000 qualified members in some 140 countries. An independent, not-for-profit organisation, it provides the world's leading professional qualification in land, property, construction and associated environmental issues.
