‘This could be such a powerful platform’ … BCO’s new chief on finding a voice for a transformed sector

By Daniel Gayne2025-06-26T06:00:00

Source: Stewart Writtle / BCO

Under the leadership of ex-journalist Samantha McClary, the office sector’s membership body wants to be more vocal, drive data sharing and modernise the organisation

You could not avoid the sense of a changing of the guard at this year’s British Council for Offices (BCO) conference in Milan.

It was the first time in more than two decades that the event had not been run under the leadership of long-time chief executive Richard Kauntze, who stepped back from the role just weeks before.

It was also the first time his successor, Samantha McClary, had ever attended the conference, despite more than 20 years working in real estate journalism.

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