A large building with a blue roof and cupola, illuminated windows, and surrounded by trees. In the foreground, there is a curved, tiered stone seating area, a round reflective water feature, and an outdoor area during twilight.
Black and white photo of a man in a white shirt sitting in an indoor corridor, looking at the camera.

Photo - Stewart Smith

Serpentine Summer Pavilion - Collaboration with Iwei Wei

Speaking

Gareth is a compelling speaker who blends insight, humility, and lived experience to offer audiences fresh strategies for navigating complexity, leading with principle, and building systems that endure.

Drawing on a career that spans architecture, business leadership, and public service across five continents, Gareth helps organisations think beyond silos- connecting innovation with delivery, values with strategy, and resilience with vision.

Author of The Architect’s Edge, he speaks across sectors, drawing on frontline experience from Oxford University to Amazon, and from the UK Vaccine Taskforce to grassroots regeneration projects.

Whether engaging boards, civic leaders or emerging professionals, Gareth invites audiences to think boldly, act ethically, and design for lasting public value

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Recent Talks -

AiSK - “Ai and the future of Data Centres”

UK- Canada Government Infrastructure Conference - “Major Project Leadership”

UK North American Embassy’s / Consuls - “Leadership in the post-truth era”.