Julia Cahill

Senior writer, EG

Cahill first joined EG in 2004. She has continued to contribute to the title ever since, including as news editor during the pre-credit crunch boom and then as deputy editor when the market rapidly cooled. More recently, she has focused increasingly on ESG – tracking how it is becoming embedded in all aspects of the real estate sector. She is editor of EG’s ESG supplement and has previously edited other supplements including UK Cities, the Property Auction Buyers’ Guide and the EG Rich List. Cahill has also written about property for The Daily Telegraph, The Times and the London Evening Standard. 

Jonathan Lambert

Director, Savills

Lambert is a director in the Bristol development team and the head of the UK mixed use development group. He provides advice across the residential and commercial sectors and, through his mixed use specialism, is a key part of Savills retail repurposing working group. In addition to leading agency disposals and acquisitions, he also provides development consultancy advice in the form of option appraisals and financial viability.

Dr John Savage

Executive chairman, Bristol Chamber of Commerce & Initiative

Savage is executive chairman of Bristol Chamber Commerce & Initiative. He is also the chair of the Western Harbour Advisory Group, and managing director of Business West. He stood as the metro mayor candidate in 2017 and as Labour’s candidate for Avon & Somerset police and crime commissioner election in 2012.

Christine Townsend

Councillor, Green Party

Townsend was elected as a Green Party councillor for the Southville ward in Bristol in May 2021. She has more than 25 years’ experience in the education sector as a teacher, school governor, and multi-academy trust chair, as well as being chair of Bristol’s School Forum – a statutory body that focuses on school funding and sector suitability at authority level.  Townsend is a founding member of the charity Integrate UK, and was until recently a board trustee.