PHENOMENAL WOMEN

2023

Phenomenal Women is a BWRE campaign, spotlighting five exceptional black female executives who are leading the way in the built environment. Each participant has risen to the top of their respective organisation and is paving the way for other black women to enter and thrive in the industry.

Over the course of July, we will share their inspiring stories and invite you to follow and engage with each post and blog! Each profile will be released on here and LinkedIn every week.

Olaide Oboh

Olaide is a strategic thinker and problem-solver with a 15-year record of successful delivery in public and private sector organisations. With a degree in Sociology, Olaide is fascinated by how people engage with one another, with physical spaces and society in general; and this curiosity drives her.

Executive Director, Socius
Read her story

Banke Odunaike

Executive Director and Head of EMEA & APAC Legal for CBRE’s Advisory business.  She leads a team of 97 legal professionals across 43 countries in providing a broad range of legal support to CBRE’s Advisory & Transaction, Capital Markets, Property Management, Valuations, ESG and Building Consulting business lines serving occupier and investor clients across the globe.

Head of Legal, EMEA & APAC
CBRE
Read her story

Angela Duru MRICS

Angela is a Partner in the Property and Asset Management team at Gerald Eve. She has over fifteen years’ property management experience and helped lead an award-winning team of Surveyors, Facilities Managers and Building Managers to provide bespoke property management solutions to commercial landlords, focusing on value, sustainability and proactive income protection.

Partner - Property and Asset Management, Gerald Eve
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Caroline Pillay

Caroline is a Partner in the Property and Asset Management team. She has over fifteen years’ property management experience and helped lead an award-winning team of Surveyors, Facilities Managers and Building Managers to provide bespoke property management solutions to commercial landlords, focusing on value, sustainability and proactive income protection.

Director,CAP Regeneration Consultants
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Lara Oyedele

The current President of the Chartered Insititute of Housing. She is a social entrepreneur and campaigner for affordable housing.  She is passionate about eliminating homelessness and promoting diversity in leadership. Her presidential campaign is promoting ethnic and racial diversity in the boardrooms of housing organisations, while also encouraging the donation of shoes for the Charity Shoe Aid which provides shoes for homeless families and families living in poverty

President,Chartered Institute of Housing, & Chief Executive, Black on Board
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