Sean Tompkins to step down as RICS CEO | Online

It is understood that Sean Tompkins is in highly developed conversations to resign as manager following a governance scandal that has engulfed the crisis-hit physique. 

In current months Tompkins’ reputation has been battered by each a bonus row and a governance scandal.  

The move will come in advance of a virtual push meeting tomorrow into the results of an impartial evaluation into the institution.   

The report, which will be released at noon on Thursday 9 September, was commissioned to emphasis on the dismissal of four directors in November 2019 soon after they elevated the alarm about the conclusions of a 2018 BDO monetary audit.  

The meeting will be led by Nick Maclean, chair of Governing Council steering group for the overview, and Alison Levitt QC, the creator of the report.   

It is the newest in a wave of superior-profile departures at RICS in latest months. 

In August, controlling director Matthew Howell left the below-fireplace system to get up a posture at the British Medical Association (BMA). 

In June, chief functioning officer Violetta Parylo resigned unexpectedly.  

Headhunters at leadership advisory firm Saxton Bampfylde are also in the late stages of locating a successor to Chris Brooke, who took more than as interim chair of the GC after serving as RICS president in 2018-2019.   

 A RICS spokesperson said: “The Governing Council of RICS will be publishing the unbiased evaluation executed by Alison Levitt QC at noon on Thursday September 9^th. We will be keeping a push convention at that time, to be tackled by Nick Maclean, Chair of the Governing Council’s steering committee for the overview, and Alison Levitt QC, which can also be considered by customers and RICS personnel. We will be not commenting additional until finally then”.