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Despina Katsikakis

Junior Vice President

BCO and Executive Partner, Global Head of Total Workplace, Cushman & Wakefield

Despina Katsikakis
A former Chairman of international consultancy DEGW and recently with Barclays Corporate Real Estate, Despina has 30 years’ experience working with international organisations at board level, guiding them on how to use their workplace to affect behaviour and culture to support innovation and business performance. 
She has an outstanding track record advising developers, funds and their design teams on how to differentiate and future proof award winning schemes globally and regularly lectures and writes on future trends and their impact on the built environment. In March 2015 Despina co- authored the report ‘ Future Workstyles and Future Workplaces in the City of London’ for the City of London Corporation and the CPA.
Despina is an industry leader with an international reputation for thought leadership and innovation on the impact of the built environment on people and business performance. She is an independent adviser to corporate occupiers, real estate developers and investors. She regularly lectures and writes on future trends and their impact on the built environment and serves on the advisory board of Delos™, the pioneer of Wellness Real Estate™.

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Mayoral candidates set out their stall

19 March 2021

Mayoral candidates set out their stall

Built environment professionals and all the main mayoral candidates revealed their positions on key issues affecting London last week…

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What do we need from the next Mayor of London?

15 March 2021

What do we need from the next Mayor of London?

Industry leaders provide their ask of the Mayor in this event with discussion around how we implement our proposals. Following the event a letter will be drafted on behalf of this coalition and sent t...

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The future of the office

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04 March 2021

The future of the office

Despina Katsikakis is Cushman & Wakefield’s Head of Occupier Business Performance, having previously worked with office thought-leaders DEGW. She brings her formidable experience to bear on the tricky...

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