Jan 21, 2021
Summary: In this episode the Propcast talks to Kim
Lewis of Oxford Properties, and Courtney Cooper from Alate Partners
about gender diversity in PropTech.
The
Propcast by Louisa Dickins, Co-Founder of LMRE the leading Global
PropTech recruiter brought to you in partnership with UK PropTech
Association, The UK PropTech Association is a membership
organisation to drive the digital transformation of the property
industry. This show will focus on connecting the Proptechs, real
estate funds and VC’s globally…and get everyone talking about
innovation of the build to rent environment.
About Our Host
Louisa Dickins
Louisa started her career in property working at a well-known
estate agency in London. Realising her people skills, she moved
over to Lloyd May to pursue a career in recruitment. She now is a
Director at LMRE, who are a specialist recruitment firm driven by
PropTech and recruitment professionals, and Louisa oversees their 5
core areas. Louisa co-founded LMRE and provides a constructive
recruitment platform to the new disruptors in real estate. Louisa
is also on the board of Directors at UK PropTech Association
(UKPA).
About LMRE
LMRE believe there is a better way to recruit. LMRE focus on a more
comprehensive, client led focus delivering exceptional talent to
the place at the time. They are passionate about the industry and
passionate about people's careers. LMRE spend time with each client
to become and an extension of the business, and their transparency
and core values help them grow with the sector. LMRE simplify
recruitment and innovate with our clients and evolve the people
driven, PropTech community.
About Our Guests
Kim Lewis
Kim
is Senior Vice President at Oxford Properties Group, who connect
people to exceptional places, and is the owner, developer and
manager of some of the world’s best real estate assets. Established
in 1960, it manages approximately $60 billion of assets across the
globe on behalf of its co-owners and investment partners. Oxford’s
portfolio encompasses office, retail, industrial, hotels and
multifamily residential and spans more than 100 million square feet
in global gateway cities across four continents. Kim is a seasoned
strategist in all things digital, she is passionate about work that
positions her on the edge of change leading the way. Kim likes
collaborating with innovators who think deeply about how technology
can add value and solve for business opportunities, Kim builds off
their creativity and enjoys the challenge of honing a vision,
connecting the dots between business outcomes and technology,
elevating ways of working to deliver real value and empowering
innovation in big ways and small.
Courtney Cooper
Courtney is a principal at Alate Partners. In this role, she helps
identify and scale promising real estate technology companies,
provides market analysis and due diligence, and manages
relationships with industry partners. Courtney has spent most of
her career in real estate —including more than four years at Dream,
leading innovation and business transformation initiatives. She
went on to work as an Innovation Strategist at Great-West Life,
where she helped one of Canada’s largest financial institutions
analyze new markets and identify opportunities for growth. Courtney
takes a human-centred approach, developed through her graduate
studies in Strategic Foresight and Innovation at OCAD University.
She holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a specialty in
Operations from Georgetown University.
Resources mentioned
LMRE website www.lmre.co.uk
UKPA website www.ukpa.com
Oxford Properties website www.oxfordproperties.com
Alate Partners website www.alatepartners.com
Key Insights In this Episode
--
As we see more diverse people around the table, there's proof that
this leads to better outcomes and actually better business outcomes
– Courtney Cooper
- I think the motivation has definitely shifted in
recent years towards increased diversity more as a foundation to
drive better outcomes and solutions within the organisation
– Kim Lewis
- We all have an accountability to support each
other, through what is a long journey. And so, being open about
concerns, perceptions, ideals, and proactively engage in
constructive dialogue – Kim Lewis
- Each one of us needs to think about what we can
do ourselves as well as organisationally, to try to reduce these
kinds of barriers and inequality – Courtney
Cooper
- The hiring process is an important key because
you're interviewing the candidate, but the candidate is also
interviewing you– Courtney Cooper
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