The Social Mobility Working Group are looking at addressing the following:

External Pathways:

To improve the opportunities of people from less advantaged social backgrounds (e.g. social class, education, geographical location, ethnicity) in the UK and real estate industry, through a number of channels, including:

  • Grass roots - student / school outreach / career advice / cultural inclusion
  • Recruitment into real estate (including graduate process/Investment 2020/interview help)
  • Property Bootcamp / learning & sharing of basic property industry knowledge 

Internal Pathways:

To support / influence individuals or organisations that are already in the real estate industry, through:

  • Internships/apprenticeships
  • Mentoring programmes
  • Internal development for all staff in a business
  • Training: Leadership; Networking; Unconscious bias etc.
  • Advice on interviewing; networking; climbing the ladder and other practices which some may not have had any experiences in
  • Toolkits for businesses

 

The Social Mobility Working Group members are:

  • Andrew Grigson, PGIM (Chair)
  • Jonathan Bayfield, Aviva Investors
  • Stefan Chinniah, Mourant
  • Lakhmi Halaith, Osbourne Clark
  • Juliet Leith, I2020
  • Hebe Williams, Savills
  • Ann Xu, CBRE GI