Speakers

Amanda Clack Dr. (hc) MSc BSc PPRICS FRICS FICE FAPM FRSA FIC CCMI CMC

Amanda is an Executive Director at CBRE where she is Head of Strategic Advisory, Head of the Public Sector and Chair of the Strategy Board. Amanda is also Managing Director for Advisory and a Member of the UK Executive Committee and Management Board. She is a strategy, business transformation and programme management specialist. An experienced senior executive having spent over 35 years working across the built environment sector. She was a partner for over 20 years, including at PwC LLP and EY LLP.  She is a past Global President of RICS and was awarded 'Most Influential Surveyor' in RICS Pride in the Profession Top Surveyors of all time for 150th Anniversary. Amanda established and chairs the RICS Construction & Infrastructure Market Forum.

Listed in Who's Who, Amanda is a senior property professional in real estate, infrastructure and construction.  Academic awards include Honorary Doctorates from Wolverhampton University and the University of Westminster, plus a Success in Business Award from Anglia Ruskin University.

Non-Executive Director/Trustee:
- Chair of Trustees for University College of Estate Management (UCEM)

- Development Board Member of London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)
 

Other involvement includes:
- Senior Special Advisor to the Construction Leadership Council

- Mayor of London’s Infrastructure Advisory Panel
- Member of the APPG for Excellence in the Built Environment - Skills (2016) & Women in Construction (2019)
- Independent Expert Advisory Panel Member advising MHCLG on building safety following the Grenfell Tower Fire

Co-author of : - "Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Real Estate" (published 2019); and - a practical guide for CEO's on Diversity and Inclusion in Real Estate: 'Diversity Management in der Immobilienbranch - ein Praxisguide' (published 2017). Amanda is an experienced public speaker and author.

Why is it important to support diversity and inclusion?

"In the built environment this matters even more so we are fully representative of the communities we are there to serve".