Interview | Jo Bacon: ‘I’m not going to give you promises that are unrealistic’

Jo Bacon

Allies & Morrison’s Jo Bacon on why she is standing to be RIBA’s next president and her priorities for the institute if elected

“Now’s not the time to flip flop about with changes of direction,” says Jo Bacon, managing partner at Allies & Morrison and a candidate to be RIBA’s next president. “We need to keep going with the very good stuff that’s happening. And it’s essential to the life of the RIBA as a sustainable institute.”

Bacon is the most high profile of the three candidates to be the institute’s next president, but she very much has her feet on the ground. The RIBA was until recently running a deficit of some £9m a year. At a time when many members are calling for radical change at the 188-year-old institute, her priority is ensuring that it remains solvent.

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