Martyn Evans, Landsec
Martyn Evans
Creative Director
Landsec

Martyn Evans is Creative Director at Landsec, one of the largest property development and investment companies in the UK. Martyn spent 17 years with Cathedral Group/U+I, including six years on the board before leaving to become the Development Director at the 1,200-acre Dartington Hall Estate in Devon in 2016. He returned to U+I in 2019 to deliver the creative strategy at the heart of its purpose-driven regeneration development portfolio and was part of the team that joined Landsec on its acquisition of U+I in 2021. Martyn works across Landsec’s portfolio of commercial, retail, and mixed-use developments particularly its large regeneration projects at the O2 Centre in Finchley Road, Lewisham Town Centre, Mayfield in Manchester and on the vision for the future of MediaCity in Salford following its acquisition by Landsec at the back end of 2024. Many of the projects Martyn has worked on have been driven by heritage assets at their centre. Martyn is Chair of the London Festival of Architecture and the Founder of YADA, a networking organisation that brings together young people in the architecture and development industries.