Building the modern professional: an interview with CIOB chief Caroline Gumble

By Daniel Gayne2023-02-13T07:00:00

With the launch of the CIOB’s five-year plan, the chief executive discusses what makes a modern professional and the challenge of working with an ever-changing rotation of government ministers

Leading any large organisation is difficult, but leading one as sprawling and global in its reach as the Chartered Institute of Building must be a particular challenge. The 190-year-old professional body has more than 48,000 members in at least 120 countries (the split is roughly 80:20 between the UK and the rest of the world) and across every part of the built environment “from the conception of a building all the way through to demolition”.

At the top of this pyramid is chief executive Caroline Gumble, who joined the organisation in 2019 from Make UK. Her goal is a not a small one – the creation of a construction industry in which quality and competency is put above profit.

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