Since October 2023, The UK PropTech Association is now part of the British Property Federation, the voice of the real estate industry in the UK. Through the merger, we will be launching the Tech & Innovation programme that will oversee more than 30 events per year designed to unite property owners, investors, developers and advisors from the BPF membership with our community of over 1000 entrepreneurs, solution providers, venture capital investors and PropTech innovators to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of PropTech.
We work with government and industry stakeholders, through our involvement on the Digital Property Market Steering Group, and UK PropTech Steering Committee, to represent members, advocate for PropTech and help shape the future of the industry.
Our network
Our Objectives
To create a single compelling voice for property, PropTech and ecosystem across the UK.
To provide support and knowledge to start-ups to help them scale and grow.
To create a single community of PropTech, property and ecosystem players to promote cross industry learning and develop relationships.
To break down barriers to digital transformation in the property industry through advocacy work, lobbying and providing expertise to property companies .
Meet The Team
Sammy Pahal
Managing Director
Previously working for Ordnance Survey, Sammy has an extensive knowledge of the value of location data in the Land & Property industry and has managed relationships across a range of PropTech companies.
She is responsible for growing our membership base and managing our programme of initiatives.
Shweta Menon
Marketing Executive
A recent graduate with a MSc in Strategic Marketing, Shweta has had a varied range of marketing experience.
Expertise in Martech tools and thrives on using data and analytics to develop bespoke strategies and tell stories through visuals and content.
Shweta brings her extensive knowledge of multi channel marketing and campaign execution to support the senior management team in all marketing and content related activities.
Emily Shaw
Events & Programmes Manager
With Events Experience across both the property and technology sectors, Emily has managed events programmes from in-studio productions through to large in-person conferences, industry events and digital workshops.
Having worked in-house for Knight Frank and externally for organisations such as British Telecoms, EE, Cisco & Google, she is now focused on driving innovative ideas and solutions across the UKPA / BPF events programme, with the aim of a more collaborative and technology focused future.
The Board
BRONNY WILSON
Regional Head of Europe
Bronny Wilson is a seasoned leader with a decade of experience at the forefront of a cutting-edge property technology company. As the Regional Head of Europe for Equiem, she has been a driving force in the organisation for the past 10 years, and her impressive career spans 17 years in the property industry.
Since the inception of Equiem’s UK team in 2017, Bronny has played a pivotal role in leading the company’s growth and now oversees Equiem’s operations in 21 countries.Bronny’s passion lies in harnessing technology to enhance the customer experience. She has a proven track record of helping landlords execute customer strategies and gain a deeper understanding of occupier drivers, ultimately leading to improved tenant retention and attraction.
HELEN CAVE -PENNEY
Head of Sales, Europe
Over 20 years of commercial experience with 15 in real estate, formally agency and professional services companies (CBRE, BNP Paribas RE), the last 4 years a focus on the real estate technology space. My current role at EVORA Global combines both consulting and technology as well as my interest in the ESG. This background provides me with a wide understanding across the Real estate lifecycle from occupiers to landlords, bank lenders, Pension funds etc, as well as professional services and agency businesses.
Aside from work, She is passionate about diversity especially in relation to women in the real estate and technology industry as well as parents returning to work and managing a work life balance.
KINGMA MA
Head of UK at PropTech1 Ventures
Head of UK at PropTech1, a leading pan-European early stage VC investing into transformative built environment technologies
Former proptech VC investor at Round Hill Ventures
Cofounded GoCarer, a startup providing accessible quality therapeutic care for children on the autism spectrum
Product manager at insurtech unicorn ManyPets
Studied at University of York and London Business School.
ANEYSHA MINOCHA
Founder & Director of QUANTENERGY
Aneysha is the Founder and CEO of Quantenergy, with 20+ years of experience of delivering the strategic transition to net zero for the built environment through the convergence of technical expertise, cleantech knowledge and smart data insights. She brings her experience of transformation and development of new energy services, leading portfolio-level energy and carbon reduction programmes and data-led engineering and low carbon solutions.
She has specialist experience in energy efficiency, built environment, data & technology. Previously, Director and Head of Operations leading Energy Services teams within leading facilities management organisations. She has delivered substantial change programmes for global businesses helping them achieve their low carbon goals. These include Financial Services, Retail, Manufacturing, Telecoms, Central and Local Government.
Aneysha brings a unique combination of business, technical engineering and Net Zero strategy skills. She has vast and deep experience in the built environment combined with running commercial businesses, data analytics, low carbon technologies and proptech product development experience.
WILLIAM HULLS
Chief Revenue Office at Demand Logic
Will has over a decade of experience working in the Property & Technology sector; working in a variety of roles and now the Chief Revenue Officer at Demand Logic. He has developed a deep knowledge of the sector, user requirements and the PropTech arena. Will developed a keen interest in the Smart Buildings environment and a passion for moving the industry towards a more analytical and modern data-led approach. Direct liaison with industry experts, users, suppliers and consultants on a daily basis provides Will with unique insight to understand the issues which require resolution within the UK Proptech industry and where the market needs to go and how to get there.
AMI KOTECHA
Co-Founder and Head of Venture Investments at Amro Real Estate Partners
As a Co-Founder of a full cycle real estate investment, development and asset management company, Ami had first hand, C-level involvement in design and construction processes as well as in digital transformation and adoption of technology.
In her new role as Head of Venture Investments, she now seeks to identify and invest in technologies that build resilience within the UK’s real estate sector.