Emerging Talent

Hannah Brennen

MDA Consulting

Hannah is a Senior Quantity Surveyor at MDA Consulting’s Leicester office. She joined the company in August 2016 after previous employment in land management, land acquisition and compulsory purchase. She gained chartership of the RICS in 2019. Hannah works on a variety of projects across the East Midlands. She has experience in a variety of sectors including; student accommodation, heritage, residential, education, warehousing and elderly accommodation. Hannah has specialist knowledge of cost estimating, cost planning, procurement and contract administration.

Hannah believes that the Emerging Talent initiative helps people to develop their professional network, while also gaining an insight into the work of other professionals within the property and construction sector.

Joe Reilly

Innes England

Joe is a Graduate Surveyor at commercial property consultants Innes England. He is currently integrated within the professional services team and assists with a variety of work including rent reviews and valuations for local and national clients. He is working towards becoming a chartered surveyor by completing the RICS APC process.

Growing up in Rutland, he is excited about the formation of the Emerging Talent initiative that will help provide valuable professional connections in Leicestershire and Rutland as he progresses his career in the property and construction sector.

Lora Moutafova

Gateley Legal

Lora is a solicitor at Gateley Legal dealing with a range of construction related matters, including drafting and advising on building contracts, appointments, bonds and warranties as well as dealing with all aspects of construction related disputes. Lora qualified in 2014 and advises both developers and contractors in construction projects. Lora previously worked at Howes Percival LLP.

Lora is currently the Vice-Chair of the Emerging Talent steering group. Her hopes for the Emerging Talent group are that it will bring together junior professionals in the property and construction sector from across the region, to create better professional links and establish a permanent and active presence offering an opportunity for professionals to meet, exchange knowledge and best practice and to socialise.

Alfie Simons

Corporate Architecture

Alfie graduated from Southampton Solent University in 2015 attaining a First-Class Honours Degree in Architectural Technology BA (Hons), since graduating he has been developing his career as an Architectural Technologist for Corporate Architecture Limited.

Since joining he has gained experience in working on large Commercial Schemes through to bespoke one off New Build Houses and high-end Residential improvements and extensions. Alfie's has quickly expanded his knowledge base, being entrusted to deliver his first turn key project from concept to completion carrying out a complex remodelling and refurbishment of The British Parachute Association’s Head Office in Leicestershire earning him and Corporate Architecture the accolade that the 'management of the project, by Alfie Simons, was on budget and conducted with consummate professionalism'.

Being a part of the ProCon Emerging Talent initiative, Alfie is looking forward to progressing his career by networking with other professionals in the construction industry in Leicestershire and the East Midlands, sharing his own knowledge of the sector whilst gaining invaluable relationships and insights from other ProCon members.

James Spencer

Leicester City Council

James is an Assistant Highway Engineer for Leicester City Council. After gaining his BA (Hons) from the University of Birmingham, he joined the Council as a graduate. Now working in the Council’s Major Transport Projects team, he assists in the delivery of multi-million pound strategic highway schemes to improve the city of Leicester.

James has specialist knowledge in highway design, both of junctions and links, and traffic modelling, using both junction and microsimulation modelling software.

James sees Emerging Talent as a fantastic way for young employees in the property and construction sectors to integrate and share their knowledge.

Nathan Allaway

Gateley Legal

Nathan is a solicitor at Gateley Legal dealing with a range of commercial property matters, including all aspects of landlord and tenant matters and development projects, principally in respect of their acquisitions, development, lettings and subsequent disposals.

Nathan qualified in 2018 and advises a wide range of businesses with their property portfolios and has experience in a number of sectors including retail, commercial, logistics and industrial warehouses.

Nathan is a member of the Emerging Talent Steering Group and hopes that the diverse and wide range of events can help young professionals in Leicestershire to develop their network across different sectors, professions and walks of life.

Dan West

Natwest

Dan is a Senior Relationship Manager in Commercial Banking at NatWest. After gaining a BSc (Hons) from The University of Birmingham, joined NatWest as a graduate with experience in commercial and corporate banking, asset finance, structured finance, international trade and real estate finance.

Dan provides Traditional Bank Lending to a Diverse Trading Portfolio of Commercial Customers with a typical turnover between £2m and £50m in the Leicestershire and Rutland area. An accredited Chartered Banker Dan works closely with all areas of NatWest products to deliver a responsive, integrated and effective service tailored to Customer's requirements.

Dan is a member of the Emerging Talent Steering Group and hopes to build valuable professional connections in Leicestershire across a wide range of businesses, sectors and professionals. Sharing knowledge and expertise to continue growth in his career.

Alex Perobelli

Design MEP

Alex is a Mechanical Engineer at Design MEP. She joined the company in January 2018 and since has been involved in number of projects across wide range of sectors within construction industry including residential, hospitality and retail, education and commercial for both contractors as well as end user clients. She gained chartership in 2020 becoming a Member of CIBSE and is currently working towards CEng accreditation within Engineering Council.

Alex thinks that Emerging Talent provides great opportunity for young professionals across construction industry to develop their network, gather insight and support from likeminded industry members.