Alan Bainbridge MRICS, Director for BBC Property, which has over 150 locations across the UK, Alan has over 30 years experience in construction, property and facilities management. His involvement in flagship schemes from PFI, retail, commercial and media has given him a breadth of understanding across the market from owner to occupier and across the supply chain. He directs an in-house team of 30 professionals who manage an outsourced team of over 800 across the UK. Alan led the delivery of the award winning transformational MediaCityUK in Salford for the BBC and the new headquarters for BBC Wales in Central Square, Cardiff. These were both major programmes of change, with property, people and facilities at the forefront. He is a passionate advocate of the role that property can play in business when done properly. He uses the expertise of construction professionals over product sales and is committed to using the best in British manufacturing and fabrication to support this. The delivery of Central Square Cardiff for Wales’ new national headquarters has set a new world class standard, especially for accessibility in Workplace and FM design.