Louise Brooke-Smith

Louise is a Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Town Planner with experience drawn, over 30 years, from the public and private sectors in the UK and overseas. She has recently stepped down from being an Equity Partner of Arcadis LLP, the Global Consultancy for the Built Environment, where she was UK Head of Town Planning and Head of Social Value to take on various Non Executive roles and undertake international consultancy across the built environment with Consilio Strategic Consultancy Ltd.

Louise was the first female Global President of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (2014-15). She championed diversity & inclusivity and led a series of initiatives, including the RICS Inclusive Employers Quality Mark and the Property Strategy for Sub Saharan Africa.

Louise was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2019 for services to the built environment, diversity and inclusion. She is also a Freeman of the City of London and her various accolades include; Outstanding Woman in Construction (2015), National Achiever in Construction (2015) and finalise for the First Woman Awards in 2014 and 2015. She has Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Wolverhampton, Sheffield Hallam and Birmingham City. Louise is retained as a UKGov adviser, is a Trustee of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and is Chairman of All We Can – the International Aid Agency.