Tom Gilbert is the European Head of Fire Risk Management at Lendlease. Tom joined Lendlease in 2019 having previously worked as an operational firefighter in the Royal Air Force, Fire Safety Manager at Goldman Sachs International and Head of Fire Risk Management at Affinity Sutton Homes Group. Tom has headed fire risk management output at BB7 and was Director of Fire at Frankham Consultancy Group. He has over 17 years’ experience in the fire industry and understands all aspects of fire in business from quality and delivery in fire risk assessment, consultancy, training, business development, construction and special projects.

Tom is the residential lead on the International Tall Buildings Fire Safety Network, a previous member of the FIA Fire Risk Assessment Council and previous Chairman of the Technical Committee of the National Social Housing Fire Safety Group.