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Sunand Prasad, who hands over to Ruth Reed next week, announced the proposal in an interview with 黑洞社区 published this week. The panel will be led by Frank Duffy, founder of design consultant DEGW.

Prasad said 鈥渟ome kind of compensation scheme鈥� was needed to ensure a good calibre of candidates for Reed鈥檚 successor, due to be selected next summer. He said: 鈥淧eople like me, later in their careers, can probably do it, or sole practitioners like Ruth, but we are losing out on the fortysomethings in the ascendant of their careers, who simply cannot afford to do it.鈥�

Only one other candidate, Andrew Hanson, ran against Reed in the 2008 election. A third, Paul Davis, dropped out during the race, claiming the role would be 鈥渢oo much of a commitment鈥�.

Prasad said any form of payment would first have to be approved by the RIBA members and council, and that it was unlikely to be a 鈥渇ormidable amount鈥�. The RIBA said the group would report in the new few months.