After more than a decade as the property industry’s most effective lobbyist, Liz Peace is to retire from her role as chief executive of the British Property Federation.
Peace has led the BPF since January 2002 and is expected to stay until a successor is appointed in the autumn. She will then “pursue charitable and non-executive interests”.
Peace said this week: “Over the past 12 years I have had an incredibly happy and fulfilling time looking after the interests of the property sector. I know that the BPF has been able to change for the better the way our industry is perceived within the legislative, planning, tax and regulatory landscape in which we operate.”
As well as contributing to reform of the planning system, her biggest success was helping to secure the legislation that delivered REITs in 2007.
Peace is currently a non-executive director at Morgan Sindall and Turley Associates as well as a trustee at Peabody and the Churches Conservation Trust. She is expected to take on further non-executive director roles.
BPF president David Marks said: “Liz has been a great leader of the Federation and we will be sorry to see her go but understand entirely her wish to pursue her other many and varied interests. She has achieved a tremendous amount for our industry and in particular has totally transformed the way in which the sector is regarded by those in government and other stakeholder bodies.”
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