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SUMMARY:The Peter Wilson Lecture: Dan Labbad\, Chief Executive of the Crow
 n Estate - Dan Labbad\, Crown Estate
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CONTACT:Dr Nicola Jones
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Peter Wilson Lecture will be given by Dan Labbad
 \, Chief Executive of the Crown Estate. Following his talk\, Dan will be i
 n conversation with the Master\, Baroness Morgan of Huyton\, Dr Emma Lees 
 (Fitzwilliam Peter Wilson EG Fellow in Land Economy\, https://www.fitz.cam
 .ac.uk/people/dr-emma-lees) and Ian Marcus CBE (Fitz\, 1977)\, President o
 f the Cambridge University Land Society.\n\nDan’s talk will reflect on t
 he remarkable shift in the importance of sustainability since he studied E
 ngineering in the 80s\, the need to think ambitiously about environmental 
 responsibility and the importance of UK PLC in driving change. In a major 
 vote of confidence in the UK’s green economy and net zero ambitions\, in
  February 2021 The Crown Estate announced six proposed new offshore wind p
 rojects in the waters around England and Wales. The six Round 4 projects t
 ogether represent just under 8 GW of potential new offshore wind capacity 
 with the opportunity to deliver clean electricity for more than seven mill
 ion homes and create employment opportunities across the country.\n\n\nDan
  Labbad was appointed to Chief Executive of The Crown Estate in December 2
 019 and is an Executive Member of the Board. He was previously at Lendleas
 e\, where he was Chief Executive Officer of Europe from 2009. Between Augu
 st 2014 and July 2018\, Dan held the dual roles of Chief Executive Officer
 \, International Operations and Europe\, where he was responsible for over
 seeing the disciplined expansion of Lendlease’s Europe\, Americas and As
 ia regions. Dan has a long-standing commitment to regeneration\, sustainab
 ility and digital and technical education. \n\n\nIan Marcus CBE\, graduate
 d from Fitzwilliam in 1981 with a degree in Land Economy. Ian was in the b
 anking industry for over 32 years having previously worked for Bank of Ame
 rica\, UBS\, NatWest and Bankers Trust/Deutsche\, always focusing on the r
 eal estate industry. \n\nIan is a member of Redevco’s Advisory Board\, t
 he Senior Independent Director for both Secure Income REIT and Shurgard Se
 lf Storage\, and a Non Executive Director for Town Centre Securities Plc. 
 He is a Senior Adviser to both Eastdil Secured and Anschutz Entertainment 
 Group. He is also President of the Cambridge University Land Society. He c
 haired the Princes Regeneration Trust for 11 years and is now a Trustee of
  the Princes Foundation. Ian is a former Crown Estate Commissioner\, a pas
 t President of the British Property Federation\, past Chairman of the Inve
 stment Property Forum\, a Fellow of the RICS and for 10 years chaired the 
 Bank of England Commercial Property Forum. \n\nTo book for this event on T
 hursday 18th March\, 6pm\, via Zoom\, please click here: https://www.fitz.
 cam.ac.uk/onlineforms/view.php?id=318944\n
LOCATION:Zoom
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