New Chief Executive Officer for CICES

The Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES) announced that Ann Allen MBE FRICS is to become its new Chief Executive Officer. Ann Allen has over 35 years’ working in the built environment. She joins CICES from the University of Glasgow where she has worked for eight years as Executive Director of Estates and Commercial Services. Having graduated with a degree in land management, Ann Allen has worked in various development roles within both public and private sector organisations, including Head of Estates and Facilities for HBOS, and Head of Asset Management for John Lewis. Ann Allen holds a number of non-executive roles, including chair of Architecture Design Scotland, chair of the Scottish board of Women in Property, and board member of Construction Scotland and the National Museum of Scotland. She received an MBE in 2019 for services to higher education. www.cices.org