Gillian Charlesworth has this week taken responsibility for leading RICS’ global regulatory function, replacing Steven Gould, who will be retiring in the new year.
Charlesworth’s new role as director of regulatory and corporate affairs will combine responsibility for both these areas during the next stage of RICS’ transition to a global organisation.
Her experience in a number of professional regulation roles and her extensive knowledge of the property profession means she is ideally placed to take on this challenge. She has been at RICS for 10 years in a range of regulatory, policy and communications roles.
RICS said it regulates all of its members in accordance with “stringent professional and ethical standards to ensure that all those who deal with chartered surveyors have confidence in the service they receive”. Its regulation is based on “better regulation” principles, including proportionality, accountability and transparency.
Charlesworth, RICS director of regulatory and corporate affairs, said; “RICS regulation provides assurance to markets and the public that we are enforcing the highest standards in property, land and construction, and it is a great privilege to be leading the institution’s regulation team as we enter a new global era for the profession.
“Our aim is to ensure that RICS members – wherever in the world they might be – continue to be viewed by their clients as offering the highest standards across the property profession.”
Eve Salomon, chair of the RICS regulatory board, said: “By working to high standards of technical, ethical and professional competence, RICS members make a vital contribution to the efficient running of the UK’s property market and, increasingly markets across the world.”
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