Liz Peace - speaker at The Shopping Centre Conference 2011

Published:  18 January, 2011

Liz Peace became the CEO of the British Property Federation in 2002, following a long and varied career in the MOD, working on a diverse range of projects from Northern Ireland, to nuclear safety to land acquisitions and public enquiries.  In the 1990s she was a key player in the team that set up the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency and led the first stage of the privatisation process, including the re-branding of the organisation as QinetiQ plc. 

Since her appointment at the BPF she has managed to change legislation on commercial leases, to win innumerable changes to planning and tax legislation and, working as part of a pan-industry alliance, to persuade the Government to introduce REITs. 

Liz is currently working closely with the Coalition Government on a range of issues but particularly the implementation and impact of the “localism” agenda, reforms to the tax system and the best ways of incentivising and delivery better and more resource efficient buildings.  Liz also believes that there remains more work to be done to improve further the property industry’s standing with politicians, media and the public at large and to ensure that Government policy does not damage its fragile and gradual recovery. 

Liz was awarded the CBE in the 2008 New Year Honours list for services to the property industry.