The group’s spokesperson Stephen Hill said there was a culture of fear of speaking out because of the risk of disciplinary action
The group also includes the chief executive of regeneration developer Igloo and a former head of land and planning at housing association Southern Housing, as well as four university professors.
The overhaul would see a ‘public interest sounding board’ running parallel to the RICS’ governing council as a place for members and the public to voice concerns with the institution.
The sounding board, which the group described as a “new form of institutional accountability to the public”, would then provide direct feedback to the institution’s leadership.