Julie Hirigoyen, currently UK head of sustainability at property consultant JLL, moves to UK-GBC in April.
She takes over from Paul King, who had headed UK-GBC since it was launched in 2007. Previously director of campaigns at wildlife charity WWF-UK, Mr King has now joined Lend Lease Europe as managing director of sustainability.
Ms Hirigoyen was managing director and founding partner of Upstream, a sustainability strategy consultancy that Jones Lang LaSalle acquired in 2007. JLL promoted her to international director in 2010 and she joined the UK executive in 2011, before becoming JLL’s UK head of sustainability in 2013.
She said: “I’m thrilled by the opportunity of leading UK-GBC through the next stage of its journey. Its outstanding reputation is richly deserved – not least due to Paul King’s own transformational leadership, but also the sustainability know-how and can-do attitude of a professional team and a committed membership.
“We’ve come a long way over the past decade, with sustainability now a mainstream concern for many organisations involved in the built environment. The next step requires mass uptake of sustainability solutions across the entire property lifecycle, breaking down silos and deploying systems-thinking to achieve radical change. I am truly excited to tackle this challenge alongside the existing UK-GBC team, members and trustees."
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