With the strains on today’s global market, combined with the restrictions on movement and corporate spending, there is no doubt that the workplace of tomorrow is changing. As a result, the way we work is also changing. Indeed, even the way we think about work, how it takes place and where we work is evolving too.

While there’s no ‘one size fits all’ or fool proof strategy that works for every business in such uncertain times. One thing certain across the global workforce is the need for more business resilience: to adopt more flexible working strategies to give their businesses a better chance to adapt to crisis as and when they arise.

A few ways Flexible Workspaces can improve business resilience:

• More agility to adapt business practices
• More options to scale up and down according to headcount or space required
• More mobility for teams that commute, travel for work
• Less capital expenditure and inventory needed to manage

Key Discussion Points

• The Future landscape of the workspace environment
• The key learning about a real estate strategy which involves ‘flexible space’
• What should be the priorities to be well prepared for any future workplace disruptions?

Speaker Introduction

Josh Alfafara, Country Head at The Executive Centre, Philippines

Josh Alfafara is a commercial real estate professional primarily focused on flexible workspaces. Josh started his career in the Philippines, and set off to Australia to further expand his scope. Offering a consultative approach to real estate, Josh is highly engaged with his clients, discussing their individual objectives in detail and addressing their every need. Experienced locally and internationally in both residential and commercial sales and leasing as well as large-scale developments and project marketing, Josh is an accomplished agent who loves the fast paced world of property and the opportunity to constantly meet new and interesting people. He is also particularly inspired by the aesthetic aspect of real estate and how it brings beauty and culture to a city.

Josh is currently with The Executive Centre, a premium global flexible workspace provider. He started his role there as a Business Development Manager in Sydney, Australia, and moved up to leading the entire Sydney business across different functions. Josh has just recently taken the challenge to launch The Executive Centre in the Philippines as Country Manager and is responsible for the growth and expansion of the Manila market which is set to open in Q1 2021. He continues to manage the P&L of the country's business and the team that contributes to the company's success. Before relocating to Sydney, Josh was the Sales Manager for the Alternative Sales Channel in Alveo Land Corp. He spearheaded the channel's sales of the company's first office building project, High Street South Corporate Plaza. The project was successful as he led his group to hit a record-breaking revenue of $27,000,000 during its launch. He also handled international roadshows for the company's residential off-the-plan sales in US, HKG, and SIN. It was during this time where he received the Top International Sales Manager award for 2013.

Chelsea Perino, Managing Director, Global Marketing & Communications at The Executive Centre

With an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and Linguistics from NYU and after a four-year solo trip around the world, Chelsea Perino first discovered her love for advertising in Cape Town, South Africa. She spent two years as marketing and advertising lead for an experiential marketing start-up, only to return to NYC to pursue her MA in Public and Organizational

Relations and kick-start her career in brand strategy. After 2.5 years leading digital strategy for the Seoul office of an NYC-based advertising agency serving Samsung Mobile, she’s now found her home as the Global

Marketing Director for The Executive Centre, a premium flexible workspace provider with 125 offices globally. Passionate about organisational culture, she believes that creating a dynamic and collaborative working experience positively affects team morale, productivity, and fosters community. Through a newly developed global marketing strategy and complete re-brand, her goal is to establish The Executive Centre as the leader in workspace experience, community and corporate-culture facilitation.