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SUMMARY:Perceptions of property - does our industry undersell itself? - Li
 z Peace CBE\, former Chief Executive of the British Property Federation
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CONTACT:Clare Eaves
DESCRIPTION:I will be looking back on my thirteen years of political lobby
 ing for the industry and examining how perceptions of our industry have ch
 anged amongst the political class and the media\; how far the industry has
  improved (or not) in the way it sells itself to these stakeholders and al
 so the wider community\; and the threats and opportunities posed by an inc
 reasingly litigious and protesting public and a possibly less courageous s
 et of both national and local politicians.\n\n\nBiography:\n\nLiz is a wel
 l-known figure in the property industry\, having served as Chief Executive
  of the British Property Federation for thirteen years until her retiremen
 t at the end of 2014. During that time\, she managed to change the Governm
 ent’s perception of the commercial property industry\, to establish it a
 s a key voice in policy debate\, to dissuade the Government from legislati
 ng on commercial leases\, to win innumerable changes to planning and tax l
 egislation and\, working as part of a pan-industry alliance\, to persuade 
 the Government to introduce real estate investment trusts (REITs). She was
  awarded a CBE in the 2008 New Year Honours list for services to the prope
 rty industry.\n \nPreviously\, she was a civil servant in the MOD\, eventu
 ally becoming a key player in the team that created QinetiQ plc. \n \nLiz 
 is now embarking on a portfolio career\, including chairmanship of the pro
 perty industry’s charity\, LandAid and of the property media company\, G
 ood Relations Property. She is a non-executive director at Morgan Sindall 
 plc\, Redrow plc\,  Howard de Walden Estates and Turley planning consultan
 cy and a Trustee at Peabody\, the Churches Conservation Trust and the Arch
 itectural Heritage Fund.\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 1
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