Olga is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Ekkist, the UK’s first health and well-being consultancy for the built environment, where she specialises in providing advice on ESG strategies and health-led building certifications such as WELL, Fitwel and HQM. Olga also holds a number of thought leadership roles in the industry, including being an advisor on the WELL Homes panel for the International WELL Building Institute, being on the UK Construction Leadership Council metrics group and having recently drafted new RICS Guidance for Healthy Buildings.

Her consultancy was shortlisted last year in the RICS National Awards for ‘Outstanding Small Surveying Firm’ and she is passionate about the role of surveyors in creating healthy built environments. She is also presently chair of the RICS Eastern Region Board.