Landmark report into future direction of institution launched in December 

The landmark review into the future purpose and governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will be published next week.

Michael Bichard鈥檚 six-month review of the institution鈥檚 future direction, launched last year in the wake of a governance scandal, will be revealed on Tuesday alongside a response from the RICS governing council.

Bichard will launch his final report at a live streamed event at the RICS鈥� head office on Parliament Square in Westminster.

Lord Bichard

Michael Bichard will launch his final report next Tuesday

Bichard, a former senior civil servant, was appointed to lead the review last December following an investigation by Alison Levitt QC into the dismissal of four non-executive directors in 2018.

Levitt鈥檚 report found the non-execs had been unfairly dismissed amid a 鈥減ower struggle鈥� at the institution after they had raised concerns about the suppression of a damning financial report into the RICS鈥� treasury management.

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Chief executive Sean Tompkins, president Kathleen Fontana, former president and governing council chair Chris Brookes and management board chair Paul Marcuse all resigned following the publication of Levitt鈥檚 review in September.

Last month, the government announced that it will give itself the power to carry out independent reviews of the RICS so it can look into the institution鈥檚 governance.

The RICS said it had been working closely with ministers on the move and other 鈥渃ritical public interest matters鈥�, including expanding building safety skills capacity.

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