Professor Ginny Gibson
Deputy Dean, Henley Business School
Professor of Corporate Real Estate
Email: ginny.gibson@henley.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 118 378 8174
Location: Whiteknights campus and Greenlands campus
Ginny is Deputy Dean of Henley Business School and Professor of Corporate Real Estate. During her career at the University of Reading she has held a number of senior roles including the Director of Teaching and Learning for the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences (2002-2008) and the Head of Real Estate & Planning, one of the subject groups within Henley Business School (2008-2010). Ginny's research and teaching are at the nexus of management and real estate, drawing on her academic background in both fields. She is recognised a leading academic in the field of corporate real estate, focusing on the way in which organisations align their property with their changing business environment and has worked on research with a range of organisations including BT, Barclays, Boots, MWB, and JCI. Drawing on this research, she developed an executive post-experience Masters programme in corporate real estate to which she has contributed for the last 10 years. Ginny also has a keen interest in teaching and learning in higher education. She was an auditor for the Quality Assurance Agency and has undertaken numerous institutional audits and led a strategic University-wide project funded by HEFCE linking quality enhancement and quality assurance processes.
Subject: Corporate Real Estate Management, Alternative Workplace Strategies, Managing Professional Service Firms
Industry: Real Estate, Public Sector, Not for profit, All other industries sectors with focus on workplace and real estate issues
Modules/areas taught:
- Corporate Real Estate Strategy
- Managing Real Estate in Dynamic Organisations
- Marketing in the Real Estate Sector
- Changing occupational requirements
Programmes Developed:
- MSc in Corporate Real Estate (part-time)
Gibson, V. and Moriarty, M. (2008) Property in the Economy A digest of key statistics, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, London.
Gibson, V., and Luck, R. (2006) Trends in CRE: a Decade of Learning, JCI and University of Reading, Reading /Farnborough.
Gibson, V., and Luck, R. (2006) Longitudinal analysis of corporate real estate practice: changes in CRE strategy policies, functions and activities, Facilities, Vol 24 No 3/4. 74-89
Gibson, V., and Luck, R. (2004) Flexible Working in Central Government: Leveraging the Benefits, Office of Government Commerce, London.
Gibson, V. (2003) Flexible working needs flexible space? Towards an alternative workplace strategy, Journal of Property Investment and Finance, 21(1), 12-21
Ginny is actively involved with the sector and has sat on numerous steering and consultative groups. She has delivered programmes for a wide range of organisations which focus on understanding the strategic trends which impact the demand for space by organisations and how organisations can manage their real estate more effectively to meet the needs of their every changing organisations. She has contributed to the Henley Partnership and to: Leading Successful Real Estate Organisations. Her contribution to thought leadership in the field has lead to the following awards:
- CoreNet Award for Significant Contribution to the corporate real estate field 2011
- Elected honorary fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2008.
- ACES (Association of Chief Estates Surveyors) Honorary Fellowship 2004 for services to property management in the public sector.