Chair of Judges for 2026

Saverio Pasetto
Head of Façades - Skanska UK
Saverio Pasetto (MSc FCIBSE FSFE) is a Technical Director and Head of Façades at Skanska Building (U.K.), a leading construction company and developer. He provides building envelope technical leadership while overseeing and coordinating the façade package management on all projects.
As an experienced cladding specialist, Saverio oversees all façade-related matters, from procurement to design, through production to final handover, and acts as a focal point for clients, designers and suppliers alike. This is supported by three decades of varied experience in the industry, half of which spent with the façade specialist supply chain, and an MSc in Façade Engineering from the University of Bath (U.K.).
Saverio’s expertise is sought globally within the Skanska group, and he has been involved on a number of international projects. He regularly undertakes detailed audits of Skanska’s façade supply chain and visits their manufacturing plants around the world. Saverio regularly speaks at international façade conferences and seminars.
Saverio is the Chair of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT), a leading industry founded information provider and trainer.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Façade Engineering (SFE) of which he has been Chair. Saverio is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineer (CIBSE).
2025 Judges

Brian Eckersley
Founding Director - Eckersley O'Callaghan Structural and Facade Engineers

Claudia Farabegoli
Facade Technical Director - BG&E
Claudia is a chartered building engineer with more than 20 years of international experience in façade design and consulting for a wide range of building types and in various continents. She joined Thornton Tomasetti in 2013 with experience in all stages of project development from the initial feasibility studies to testing and site monitoring or defect analysis. She enjoys working with the whole range of materials and systems that are now available in Facades, from timber to stone to double skins. Claudia is responsible for overall design quality review, technical mentoring and knowledge sharing within her London team. Claudia is passionate about architecture and the growth of Façade engineering as a discipline, and misses no opportunity to Talk Facades to anyone willing to listen.

Daniel Gruesse
Facade Specialist - Tuner + Townsend
Daniel is a Façade Specialist at London based cost consultants, Tuner + Townsend I alinea and joined the company in 2019. With over 15 years of experience acquired through façade consultancies, façade contractors and main contractors, he brings in a wealth of façade knowledge and contributes valuable insights on cost and procurement, supported by close relationships with the supply chain.
He assists in setting façade cost plans, thereafter inputting true value engineering thoughts throughout the iterative RIBA Work Stage process. Daniel is also involved on setting up and assisting in the delivery of façade PCSA’s, de-risking the project and enabling certainty to all parties.

David Metcalfe
Director - Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT)
David Metcalfe is a physics graduate with a Master’s degree in Façade Engineering.
David is responsible for the day-to-day running of CWCT, an industry funded organisation, with in excess of 350 Members representing all sectors of the façade industry. CWCT carries out training and produces technical standards and guidance documents on all aspects of façade engineering.
He is a Board member of the Society of Façade Engineering responsible for Education, chairs the SFE Fire Committee and is a member of SFE Technical Committee.

Ed Forwood
Facade, Structural and Digital Professional

Gerd Hoenicke
Non Executive Director - ClearVue Technologies Limited (ASX:CPV)

Harshad Shitole
Associate, Facade Engineering - Ramboll
Harshad is an experienced Façade Engineer with a Master’s degree in Building Technology from TU Delft, Netherlands. He has over 15 years of combined experience in architecture and façade engineering, having worked with diverse practices across France, India, and the Netherlands before joining Ramboll UK in 2016.
Since then, Harshad has played a pivotal role in the delivery and management of projects across the residential, commercial, retail, and industrial R&D sectors. He has also actively contributed to Ramboll’s sustainability and digitalisation initiatives. A strong advocate for sustainable design, Harshad champions the use of data-driven digital solutions to enhance building performance and reduction of embodied carbon.

John Downes
Founder - Executive Facade Advisory Services

Kemi Adeyeye
Associate Professor in Integrated Design - University of Bath
Kemi Adeyeye is Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, UK. She has expertise in architectural design and planning, building surveying and adaptation, and post-occupancy processes. She is a Chartered Architectural Technologist (CIAT), and Surveyor (RICS). She is co-Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Architectural Engineering and Design Management.

Lisamarie Villegas Ambia
Director of New Business and Sales - seele UK Ltd.
Lisamarie is Director New Business + Sales of seele, one of the leaders in the world of façade and roof construction, providing solutions for spectacular building skins and innovative façades.
Lisamarie's role is focused around providing pre-construction services to her clients; from a very early feasibility stage collaborating closely together with key accounts, architects + consultants throughout the full tender process to contract award.
Whilst at her current position at seele she additionally completed her facade engineering degree at the University of Applied Science in Augsburg, Germany.
Being an architect herself and having studied and tutored at the Technical University in Berlin + Lima, she holds a very strong relationship with the architecture world;
Lisamarie has gained her work experience so far working as an architect on internationally-acclaimed projects for Zaha Hadid Architects including The Library Pierre Vives in Montpellier, the Evelyn Grace Academy in London and Kapsarc in Riyadh and then later as a specialist contractor having been with seele for more than a decade now, since 2010.

Loreana Padron
Head of Sustainability - ECD Architects
Mark Elliot
Senior Engineer - Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT)

Neesha Gopal
Facade Specialist and Partner - Foster + Partners

Richard Till
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) - KGC

Simone Miriana
Head of Façade Engineering - AKT II
Simone is Head of Façade Engineering at AKT II, with global experience delivering complex projects, stadia and cultural venues. Known for design excellence and multidisciplinary collaboration, Simone brings deep expertise in façade building physics, structural detailing, and parametric design—ensuring creative, high-performance solutions remain central to contemporary façade innovation.

Teresa Farina
ETS Technical Facade Lead - Sir Robert McAlpine