PHOTO: Leanne Pilkington is the new president of REINSW and is only the second woman to take on the job in more than 100 years. Picture: REA Source: Supplied.

At just 12, Leanne Pilkington was answering phones for her family’s real estate business — and decades later she is the new face of the Real Estate Institute of NSW.

Ms Pilkington has been elected the organisation’s president and will serve a two-year term.

Managing director of the Laing and Simmons group, Ms Pilkington is only the second woman to take on REINSW’s top role in more than 100 years.

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