Bill Gloyn becomes first insurance professional to be elected president of the CPA.
Bill Gloyn from Aon, the UK’s leading insurance broker, has become the first insurance professional to be elected president of the City Property Association (CPA).
A key objective for Gloyn, chairman of real estate Europe in Aon's Mergers & Acquisitions Group, is to encourage more involvement from the insurance sector due to the amount of property owned and occupied by the industry in the City and its gravitas and influence in the Square Mile’s economy.
He will also be responsible for driving the agenda on issues including planning and sustainability and transport and security, and building relationships with the Corporation of London, the Mayor of London and national government to raise the profile of the association in the City.
Gloyn said: “It’s a privilege to represent the CPA and continue to support City property owners, occupiers and residents. Insurance is a vitally important element of the City’s business activity, yet often in the shadow of its higher profile city bedfellows, so we’re keen to attract more members from the sector during the year.
“Also, the obvious impact of climate change is turning sustainable development into an imperative that we shall ignore at our peril. Not only must we redouble our efforts to reduce the adverse impact in terms of CO2 emissions, energy use and so forth; we must build in response to the ways in which the world and the demands of shareholders, occupiers, their employees and the general public are changing.”
Gloyn, currently vice president of the CPA, will take over from Mike Hussey of FTSE 100 company Land Securities. He is actively involved with other City organisations, being a Liveryman of both the Masons and Chartered Surveyors Companies and a member of Lloyd’s choir. He is also chairman of the British Property Federation insurance committee.
The CPA is the oldest property association in the UK at over 100 years old and its 140 members include property owners, occupiers, architects, solicitors, accountants, surveyors, banks and the insurance industry. The CPA recently campaigned against the closure of one the four post offices in the City to stop the impact on local workers and residents, the companies that rely on the service and the potential reduction of the attractiveness of the area with fewer facilities.
