Two months into her role as CEO, Victoria Hills has been busy setting out her priorities for CIOB – including strengthening the institute’s policy influence
It has not been long since I arrived at CIOB and I’ve been excited to see how much great work is going on and how much we have to look forward to.
In supporting CIOB’s work in my new role, I do have some high-level priorities and goals for my first year in post and I want to share what they are with members.
A key part of my next few weeks and months will be to make sure I’m developing strong and supportive relationships with CIOB’s brilliant team, especially the senior leadership and with the trustees, those on the presidential track and the volunteers and members who help us to deliver our objectives. It’s important to acknowledge that I am building on solid relationships that my predecessor established and I have the good fortune to start from a position of strength.
New corporate plan
Along with members, colleagues and key stakeholders, I will also kick-start a process this year to develop our new corporate plan. Many readers will know that our current corporate plan takes us to 2028, so this year we’ll look at a programme of engagement across our global community of members to identify emerging themes in the industry and how we might approach them.
“I will be working closely with the CIOB policy and public affairs team, strengthening their influence and their advocacy of the relevant policy positions”
Finally, and again this is building on the work the organisation has already done, I want to help take our external engagement to the next level, using CIOB’s voice effectively and having the right impact with our policy work. It feels like the right time to make our global voice louder and use it to shout more about the positive impact our members are having.
As you would expect, I will be working closely with the CIOB policy and public affairs team, along with the membership and education teams, to see where I can add value to what they do, strengthening their influence and their advocacy of the relevant policy positions. I want to be clear that all this activity includes an international focus and we will be looking at our global community and not just the domestic agenda.
None of this will happen overnight or even this year. It will be a journey, but I’m hopeful that many of you will be part of that journey because I believe we all want due recognition for the great work of our members and to carry on moving the industry forward.
Victoria Hills is CEO of CIOB.
