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Women in leadership at BNP Paribas Real Estate: advancing gender parity

At BNP Paribas Real Estate, we believe in ensuring every employee feels empowered and is provided with equal opportunities. To that end, we have made advancing gender parity a priority. The company commits to pushing back against gender stereotypes and promoting change through the following measures:

  • Compliance with the general principle of non-discrimination
  • Ensuring equal treatment for equal responsibility, training, experience and skills
  • Arranging a career interview one month after an employee returns from maternity leave
  • Maintaining salaries during paternity leave
  • Taking a positive approach to requests for part-time work, for both men and women
  • Enabling staff to achieve work-life balance by keeping meetings within working hours
  • Including at least one woman in the shortlist for all management positions

The "Women in Leadership" programme

In 2012, BNP Paribas Real Estate launched the international Women in Leadership (WIL) programme to encourage gender equality and equip women for leadership roles throughout the company.

Each year, around 40 high-achieving women attend a training course designed to provide the tools necessary for continued success. This course is followed by one year of personal and professional development through a mentoring programme offering additional support and career advice. Participants in WIL undertake one of three pathways to success according to their profiles: the Executive Pathway, the Advancing Pathway or the Inspiring Pathway.

Supporting staff with disabilities

BNP Paribas Real Estate believes in creating an inclusive and supportive workplace for all staff, including persons with disabilities. This involves discovering new ways to fully accommodate handicapped employees through specific assistance. For example, staff with hearing loss are given subsidised hearing aids to equalize their abilities.

Engaged in local communities

At BNP Paribas Real Estate, we believe in staying socially engaged and giving back to the local community. We also like to have fun!

Each year, our French colleagues participate in a race organised by Special Olympics France to support persons with intellectual disabilities.

BNP Paribas Real Estate Germany annually participates in Malteser Social Day. In 2017, 13 of our colleagues in Frankfurt took the day off from work to volunteer in the community by repainting a school in need of renovation.

BNP Paribas Real Estate UK has become the first firm to participate in the Nine Peaks Challenge, raising £64,000 for their charity partner, Alzheimer’s Society.

Our colleagues in Poland participated in the Charity Real Estate Beach Volleyball Tournament, winning nearly €70,000 for charity.

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BNP Paribas Real Estate strengthens its European presence by signing a new alliance in Slovenia with Fort Vega Group

Boulogne-Billancourt, October 5th, 2026 – BNP Paribas Real Estate announces the signature of an alliance with FORT VEGA, a commercial real estate consultancy firm based in Ljubljana. This partnership represents the company's first alliance in Slovenia, further strengthening its European network.

Exclusively dedicated to Advisory activities, this partnership will allow BNP Paribas Real Estate to provide its clients a new service offer in Slovenia for real estate transaction activities (investment and leasing) and commercial real estate expertise. By combining FORT VEGA's local roots with the power of BNP Paribas Real Estate's European network, the two partners are optimizing their geographic footprint and their ability to develop cross-border synergies.

"This first alliance in Slovenia marks a new milestone in the expansion of our international network, which now spans 24 countries, 10 of which are covered by our partners. By joining forces with FORT VEGA, we are combining in-depth knowledge of the local market with our European expertise. This partnership reflects our commitment to working with leading players to deliver a service perfectly tailored to the specific characteristics of each market,” says Laurent Boucher, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of BNP Paribas Real Estate and Chairman of BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory France

FORT VEGA: a strategic foothold in the heart of the Slovenian market Founded in 2020 in Ljubljana, FORT VEGA supports investors and companies in their commercial real estate strategies. The company operates across a wide spectrum of assets: offices, hospitality, retail, logistics, industrial real estate, and land for development. Its comprehensive offering includes Consulting, Transactions, Capital Markets, Asset Management, legal support, and market intelligence.

"Partnering with BNP Paribas Real Estate is a strong recognition of the position FORT VEGA has built in Slovenia and the wider region. Our work has always been guided by international standards and best practice, and this alliance takes that commitment to the next level. Interest in the Slovenian market keeps growing, and our clients' expectations are increasingly sophisticated. Together, we are well placed to meet the clients with the depth of advice and reach they need," says Maja Lavrič, Managing Partner of FORT VEGA.

 

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