Amanda is an Executive Director at CBRE where she is Head of Strategic Advisory and Chair of the Strategy Board. Amanda is also Managing Director for Advisory and a Member of the UK Executive Committee and Management Board. She is a strategy and business transformation specialist focusing on delivering business value through the built environment.

Amanda is an experienced senior executive having spent over 30 years working across the built environment sector. During her career Amanda has been a partner for over 20 years, including at two of the Big-4 at both PwC LLP and EY LLP.

She is the past Global President of RICS, becoming the longest serving in 123 years, where her themes were infrastructure, cities and the war for talent. Awarded “Most Influential Surveyor” in RICS Pride in the Profession Top Surveyors of all time for 150th Anniversary. Amanda established and chairs the RICS Construction & Infrastructure Market Forum.

Listed in Who's Who, Amanda is a senior property professional in real estate, infrastructure and construction. Her academic awards include an Honorary Doctorate of Professional Practice from Wolverhampton University, an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Westminster and also a Success in Business Award from Anglia Ruskin University.

Other awards include:

- 50 Leading Lights for Kindness & Leadership
- BIS Now Top 51 Most Influential Women in Real Estate
- Women of Achievement Award for Construction and Engineering by Women in the City
- Women of the Year

Currently, Amanda is a Non-Executive Director/Trustee:

- Development Board Member of London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)

Other involvement includes:

- Senior Special Advisor to the Construction Leadership Council
- Estates Gazette D&I Advisory Group
- Mayor of London’s Infrastructure Advisory Panel
- Member of the APPG for Excellence in the Built Environment - Skills (2016) & Women in Construction (2019)
- Independent Expert Advisory Panel Member advising MHCLG on building safety following the Grenfell Tower Fire
- Member of the Lord Mayor of London’s Trust Advisory Group

She is co-author of : "Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Real Estate" (published 2019) and a practical guide for CEO’s on Diversity and Inclusion in Real Estate: ‘Diversity Management in der Immobilienbranch - ein Praxisguide’ (published 2017)