DE&I
We know how important diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) is to you. We also know how difficult it is to achieve. At BE News, we want to leverage our unique position as the only news-led website covering the entire built environment to galvanise the whole community into action on DE&I.
For our part, we intend to lead by example by ensuring we have a diverse range of contributors and delivering editorial content that does not just cover the entire built environment but resonates with that wider community – informing and connecting those just starting out in the industry as well as those at the pinnacles of their careers. That is why in the BE Informed section of the website, you will be able to read the latest career news, as well as ask for – and receive – advice in the Job Clinic. You will also be able to share your career journeys with the wider built environment community in My BE Career or My Alternative Career.
Our mission is to be inclusive, not exclusive, so while we will be promoting different aspects of diversity, whether relating to gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity, social mobility, neurodiversity or disability, we will never do so at the expense of other DE&I communities – or of those from more traditional backgrounds. We also strive to inspire and encourage rather than preach or judge.
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The BE News DE&I Editorial Advisory Board features some of the most influential names from across the built environment industry and DE&I landscape, who have taken time out of their busy schedules to join the board and help inform and improve our editorial strategy and events.
The board members are:
- Maria Wiedner, CEO, Cambridge Real Estate Finance
- Paddy Allen, head of operational capital markets, Colliers
- Paul Singh, CFO, EEDN
- Aceil Haddad, founder, MATT Property Consultants
- Dara Jafari, director, MGAC
- Clare Grimes, associate director, GRE Finance
- Sanjeev Patel, managing director, PPP Capital
- Zoe Brooke, founder and chair of the Save Construction initiative
- Debra Yudolph, founder and CEO, SAY Consulting
- Professor Geoff Layer, Coventry University
- Nick Riley, board director, Whittam Cox
- Sanmi Adegoke, CEO, Rehoboth Property International
- Aïsha Butera, strategic social value lead, AtkinsRéalis
- Joshua Bond, founder and MD, Bond Land
- Priya Aggarwal-Shah, founder and director, BAME in Property
- Sarah Chapman, head of public sector bids, Savills
- Kwamena Beecham, architect, Buckley Gray Yeoman
- Katherine Russell, director of BTR, John Lewis Partnership
- Deepa Deb, partner, Watson Farley & Williams
- Violet Pugh, senior manager, marketing communications & content, MTVH
- Christopher Gill, policy and campaign coordinator, Real Estate Balance
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How to GET INVOLVED
Interested in joining the board? Or do you want to feature in My BE Career or My Alternative Career? Perhaps you have a question you would like to put to our Job Clinic experts, or would you like to be one of our experts? Maybe you have a DE&I story you want to share with us and the wider built environment community.
To find out more and get involved, contact editor-in-chief Liz Hamson at liz@benews.co.uk or editorial@benews.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you and to working with you to improve DE&I – every aspect of it – across the built environment.
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