Who are
Developers Boardroom
Launched in April 2017 by Alex Harrington-Griffin, a then boutique property developer, the invite-only forum was established to bring established developers together to solve challenges.
Welcoming experienced owners and directors, the network grew steadily and began hosting large scale dinners conferences and workshops for developers, welcoming industry leaders from RICS to Savills, Homes England to Allsop.
At our peak of large-format events, we hosted the legendary late Tony Pidgley OBE, who shared his guidance and insights to a room of 130 SME's at The Dinner II.
After 8-years and 500+ hours of strategic developer events, Alex took the entirely unique perspective, referral track record and 18-years in sales, marketing and partnerships to steer the business toward a new much-needed focus - supporting growth for the property professionals, consultants and service providers that serve the SME property development ecosystem - launching Inside Developers Boardroom.
The Dinner II hosted the late Tony Pidgley
Hosted by Savills in October 2023
The Conference in May 2019
Our Track Record
Over 125 live events, hosting 500+ hours of strategy, insight and celebration sessions
500+ recommendation referrals for service providers
35 Professional partners and sponsors, such as LandTech, BuildZone and Oaknorth Bank
Hosted by Savills, Patron Capital and Strutt & Parker for private strategy and insights sessions
Sponsored EG Tech Awards in 2019
Our 2025 Focus
Supporting growing and ambitious service providers, consultants and tech firms with sales, marketing & partnership strategy through dedicated consultancy
Hosting highly unique, sprint programmes to diagnose revenue challenges and opportunities, in order to inform self-led growth plans and tactics, supported by panel of experts
Offer a discrete forum for service providers to resolve growth-related challenges, provide unparalleled developer data & insights and access expert and anonymous peer guidance
Our Founder
Alex Harrington-Griffin launched Developers Boardroom, following a framework used whilst running a seven-chapter marketing network in South Africa. His belief, progress was faster by sharing challenges and suggestions between experienced players.
Developers Boardroom went on to encourage Alex to build TrustedLand and later, the associated Real Developer quality standard for SME's. Both were acquired in October 2022, with the former going to market-leading proptech, LandTech, along with Alex's unique industry experience. Alex simultaneously launched a unique accelerator programme for 12 experienced SME developers, eventually becoming a board advisor to three delegate firms.
Alex continued hosting the Real Developer Podcast, delivering 40-hours of content over three sponsored series, whilst becoming an official SME developer industry commentator for the Estates Gazette, and SME sector advisor to industry charity, LandAid, after 7 years as ambassador. In 2020, Alex even led a group of SME developers into advising the government's MHCLG division on barriers to land development.
Returning to his original roots in 2024, the award-winning business leader began advising service providers looking to enhance their sales to the property and land developer community, leading several sales, content, event and partnerships strategy creations, before formally launching Inside Developers Boardroom.
I've learnt one thing from 11 years with SME developers, you do it best, when you give them a rest. A great reminder to anyone selling their wares to the sector.
Alex Harrington-Griffin
Our Expert Panel
Meet the esteemed property growth experts guiding Inside Developers Boardroom team's, clients and members.
Caroline Macdonald
Social media, PR and brand support for firms such as AtkinsRéalis, Buro Happold and Greencore Construction.
Dominic Grace
Strategic positioning, referrals and growth advice for clients such as Joseph Homes, Residential Land and The LOWE Group.
Haddy Folivi
PR strategy, press release guidance and media engagement specialist.
Chris O'Riordan
Sales strategy, outsourcing and training trusted by Cadventure, Fira Landscape Architecture and dormakaba.
Harry Davies
Video, animation and brand storytelling for ISG, TrustedLand and Experian.
Lucy Banwell
Marketing, PR and website copy for Berkeley Group, Savills and Weston Homes.
James Dawson
Sales lead data strategy and market trends with Barbour ABI.
Will Hicks
Visual branding and messaging for Knight Frank, Schroders and M&G.
What We Stand For
We believe small, expert-led firms shouldn’t have to shout to be seen. The best work often gets overlooked simply because it isn’t packaged the right way.
That’s why everything we do is designed to help you better target, engage and convert your ideal property and development clients.
We’re not here to reinvent your business — we help you double down on what already works, backed by the insights of 150+ developers and 500+ hours of real-world strategy.
We call it smart casual growth.
Here's what our clients say
”Being part of the group gave me space I didn’t know I needed - to step back, recognise what I’ve actually built, and own it.
The accountability, Alex’s guidance, and the energy of the cohort pushed me to show up with clarity and conviction.”
Siobhan Cook, Archco Developments
”The insight I gained has definitely shaped how I run the business, long after the sessions ended.
Lukasz Kisiel, Kisiel Group
”The diagnostic session was really useful and concise; and the guidance and prompting to scrutinise our own previous client success to better inform our future focus was so revealing.
Definitely gave us solid evidence and renewed confidence that informed our growth plans.”
Prof Jo Clarke, Petros Organisation
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