Susanne Eickermann-Riepe FRICS is Chair of the RICS European World Regional Board and Senior Vice President (elect) from Jan 1, 2026. RICS is a global professional body with over 139.000 members globally (www.rics.org). She is also Chair of the Board of the ICG Institute (www.icg-institute.de) which works on Standards, Values and Sustainability to improve good governance in the real estate industry. She had been a partner at PwC for nearly 20 years and headed the German Real Estate Business and was part of the EMEA and Global Leadership team. She works on sustainability and innovations in the real estate industry, as an independent senior executive advisor and holds advisory and supervisory board mandates.