Façade 2025 Judges

Chair of Judges for 2026

Claudia Farabegoli

Façade 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 Façades, 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 Façades to anyone willing to listen.

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Sara Arbós Torrent

CEO, Bellapart Group

Sara Arbós Torrent is the CEO of Bellapart Group, where she leads the company’s vision of pushing the boundaries of architectural engineering. With a background that bridges advanced technical research and executive management, she brings both analytical rigour and entrepreneurial drive to the business. Passionate about innovation and international collaboration, she has played a key role in positioning Bellapart as a trusted partner in delivering iconic, high-performance façade and structural glass projects worldwide.

Laura Craft

Head of Sustainability, Staticus

Laura is Head of Sustainability at Staticus, where she leads the implementation of Staticus’ corporate sustainability strategy. With a consulting background that spans facade engineering and sustainability across Australia, Asia, and Europe, she brings both deep technical expertise and a drive for meaningful change to the business. Passionate about lifecycle and circular facade design, she has played a key role in advancing sustainable building envelopes through international conference speaking and industry publications.

Amy Doherty

Permasteelisa Group - Head of FaçadeCare, UK

Amy Doherty has worked in the façade industry for four decades, with a career spanning everything from design to project management and aftercare. Since 2005 she has been Head of FaçadeCare in the UK for Permasteelisa Group, leading a team that specialises in façade maintenance, cleaning and refurbishment. She has in-depth knowledge of all types of cladding and glass specifications, scientific approaches to detecting issues before they escalate, and coordinating teams working safely at height. She has extensive experience in refurbishment and renovation, including of listed buildings, working closely with architects, designers, engineers and installation experts. Her philosophy? Maintain, repair, replace.

John Downes

Founder - Executive Façade Advisory Services

John founded EFAS in 2024 after an 11-year tenure with Lendlease as Global Head of Façades. Through EFAS he offers strategic façade advice to businesses, government agencies, and trade bodies across the globe. He has 40 years’ experience in the façade industry and has had the privilege to be involved in many prestigious facade projects around the world. John particularly likes volunteering some of his time to the CWCT, SFE and some guest lecturing on the MSc Façade Engineering course.

Mark Elliot

Senior Engineer - Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT)

Mark is chartered engineer with over a decade of experience in building physics and façade engineering. Mark started his career in building design as a building science engineer in Canada, working on building condition assessments, façade remediation projects, and new-build construction, responsible for façade condition investigations, remedial designs and project oversight. Mark later moved to London where he joined the WSP façade engineering team, applying his technical expertise and lessons learnt from Canada to the London skyline.

More recently, Mark joined the team of industry experts at CWCT where his more academic and first-principles approach to façade engineering is utilised to help develop and inform new guidance and his experience could be passed on to the Masters of Façade Engineer students as part of the lecturing team.

Emma Foster

Principal, BentallGreenOak

Emma joined the team at BentallGreenOak in 2021 having previously worked at Tishman Speyer within the Design and Construction team.

Emma’s focus is on driving development and refurbishment initiatives and is currently the BGO European EDI lead. Current projects include The Waterman and 105 Victoria Street. Former projects include 25 Shoe Lane and Smithson Plaza.

Emma is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building and has a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Liverpool.

Chris Macey

Co-Founder, Wintech

In 1983, Chris co‑founded Wintech and guided the company to become the UK’s largest Façade Engineering Consultancy. Under his leadership, Wintech has grown to over 130 industry specialists and evolved into a fully integrated multidisciplinary practice. Today, the business brings together expertise in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Fire Engineering, Building Services, Façade Engineering, Façade Access Consultancy and Geomatic Surveying.

Chris is a keen advocate of professional training of façade engineers, differentiation of those qualified and the promotion of the discipline of façade engineering as a recognised profession and science.

Chris was a founding member of the Society of Façade Engineering, a former Chairman, a Fellow of the Society and established its annual SFE competition.

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.

Camilla Rigamonti

International Business Developer, Hilti

Camilla Rigamonti is a chartered engineer with over a decade and a half of international experience delivering complex projects across Europe and the Middle East. Her multidisciplinary expertise spans facade design, engineering consultancy, project leadership and global business development with focus on the building envelope sector.

She is passionate about technical excellence and innovation, combining strong engineering rigour with a strategic commercial mindset. Currently, International Business Developer at Hilti Group, she drives global façade initiatives and cultivates strategic partnerships worldwide. She also serves as Chair and Founding Member of the Italian Hub of the Society of Facade Engineering (SFE), fostering international collaboration, networking and best practice in the industry.

Harshad Shitole

Associate, Façade 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.

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