5 minutes with … Elle Cass at SLR Consulting

2025-08-08T06:00:00

The firm’s head of strategic built environment growth on the importance of development, achieving gender parity in her team, what to do when you don’t have all the answers and painting naked people…

Why did you choose construction as a career?

I have always been fascinated by how development shapes the way we live, work and interact with our environment. A geography lecturer once described development not just as buildings, but as a force for global and social impact – and that really stuck with me.

I turned down a guaranteed advertising job in London after university, realising I wanted to be part of something more tangible. Construction, especially in the private sector, offers that chance to drive meaningful change.

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