Oxford Properties Group, the Canadian-owned firm, has named architect Hala El Akl as senior director, ESG and Operations.
Based in London, she will oversee Oxford’s ESG programme with a focus on operations, reporting into Anushka Grant, VP Business Transformation & Platform Services.
The company is currently working on launching a global ESG strategy and framework.
El Akl joins Oxford from PLP Architecture, where she spent 12 years and was most recently a director, responsible for commercial, life-science, residential, retail and mixed-use projects across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
As a founding director of PLP Labs, she led teams exploring new ideas for future cities, with a focus on environmental and social sustainability.
She is also well-known from her involvement with the Urban Land Institute (ULI). In 2020, she was the first recipient of the ULI European Talent Award. She served as chair of the ULI Europe Young Leaders Group until July 2020.
