Tade Muyiwa-George

Partnerships manager, ARCO

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Since joining trade body the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) five years ago, Tade has been a trailblazer – not only within ARCO, but across the whole of the specialist housing sector.

 

Tade’s greatest contribution to the sector is the innovative approach she has taken to harnessing its diverse talent. The sector as a whole suffers from a lack of diversity, particularly at senior levels. Tade recognised this and, in 2022, she founded Women in Retirement Living (WiRL), a network which seeks to empower women and other underrepresented groups within the UK retirement housing sector through networking, knowledge-sharing and mentoring.

 

Since its inception two years ago, Tade has developed the group from being a sector-wide discussion forum, to a platform for change backed by stakeholders across the sector. It is now set to launch a mentoring programme for underrepresented groups new to the sector, with training from senior sector professionals to help progress their career and retain talent, widening the diversity and perspectives of the retirement housing sector – and none of it would have been possible without Tade’s tenacity and leadership.