Promoting From Within

Guildford-based global sustainability consultancy SRE has announced multiple internal appointments.

Lamya Salem becomes sustainability director.

A qualified architect and Harvard-trained sustainability specialist, Salem brings over 22 years’ experience in architecture, project management and environmental strategy.

She is certified across multiple global frameworks including BREEAM, LEED, WELL, Fitwel, GSAS and NABERS, and has delivered projects ranging from high-rise commercial towers and large-scale industrial facilities to transport infrastructure and data centres across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

Salem is driving SRE’s sustainability offering, supporting clients to advance decarbonisation, resilience and regenerative design strategies.

Nikita Pevnev has been promoted to the role of building physics director.

A chartered engineer with more than two decades’ experience in sustainable design and environmental performance, Pevnev specialises in thermal modelling, daylight optimisation, operational energy assessments and net zero strategies.

He holds a master’s degree in sustainability and design from the University of East London and has extensive international experience spanning architecture and engineering.

Pevnev heads up SRE’s building physics division, integrating passive design and climate-responsive strategies into multidisciplinary projects to support clients achieve ambitious environmental performance targets.

Additionally, Jean Dib and Manas Bane have both been promoted as senior building physics consultants, strengthening SRE’s technical capabilities and expand the firm’s capacity to deliver advanced modelling and performance analysis on a growing portfolio of projects.

Anna Maclean, CEO and co-founder, says: “These promotions reflect not only the outstanding contributions of Lamya, Nikita, Jean and Manas, but also the strong growth we are experiencing as a business.

Strengthening our leadership team allows us to continue pushing boundaries in sustainability and building performance, supporting clients to deliver innovative, resilient and future-proofed developments.”

Operating as a multidisciplinary practice, SRE offers over 80 service lines and works with leading developers, architects and contractors across the UK and abroad to deliver projects that set new benchmarks in environmental design and building performance.