British Land appoints Amanda James as a Non-Executive
Director
22 March 2024
The Board of The British Land
Company PLC ("British Land") is pleased to announce the appointment
of Amanda James as a Non-Executive Director, with effect from
1st July 2024. Amanda will join the Audit Committee of
British Land on appointment.
Amanda is currently the Chief
Financial Officer of NEXT Plc ("NEXT"), one of the UK's largest
FTSE 100 fashion, footwear, and home retailers. She has an
extensive background in finance, having joined the NEXT finance
team over 28 years ago. Since then, she has held various
roles within the finance department, and was appointed CFO and
joined the NEXT Board in 2015. Amanda has already announced her
intention to step down from the NEXT Board with effect from
26th July and retire from NEXT at the end of September
2024.
Commenting on the appointment, Tim
Score, Chair of British Land, said: "We are delighted that Amanda is
joining the British Land Board. Amanda brings not only deep
expertise in finance, but also strong consumer, retail and
multi-channel experience. Her depth of retail expertise will
provide valuable insight into the needs of our customers as we
continue to execute our value add strategy."
Amanda will also be appointed as a
Non-Executive Director of Auto Trader Group plc with effect from
1st July 2024 and will join the Audit, Remuneration,
Corporate Responsibility and Nomination Committees of Auto Trader
on appointment.
There are no additional disclosures
required pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13.
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About British
Land
Our portfolio of high quality UK
commercial property is focused on London Campuses and Retail &
London Urban Logistics assets throughout the UK. We own or manage a
portfolio valued at £12.7bn (British Land share: £8.7bn) as at 30
September 2023 making us one of Europe's largest listed real estate
investment companies.
We create Places People Prefer,
delivering the best, most sustainable places for our customers and
communities. Our strategy is to leverage our best in class platform
and proven expertise in development, repositioning and active
management, investing behind two key themes: Campuses and Retail
& London Urban Logistics.
Our three campuses at Broadgate,
Paddington Central and Regent's Place are dynamic neighbourhoods,
attracting growth customers and sectors, and offering some of the
best connected, highest quality and most sustainable space in
London. We are delivering our fourth Campus at Canada Water, where
we have planning consent to deliver 5m sq ft of residential,
commercial, retail and community space over 53 acres. Our Campuses
account for 62% of our portfolio.
Retail & London Urban Logistics
accounts for 38% of the portfolio and is focused on retail parks
which are aligned to the growth of convenience, online and last
mile fulfilment. We are complementing this with urban logistics
primarily in London, focused on development led
opportunities.
Sustainability is embedded
throughout our business. Our approach is focused on three key
pillars where British Land can create the most benefit: Greener
Spaces, making our whole portfolio net zero carbon by 2030,
Thriving Places, partnering to grow social value and wellbeing in
the communities where we operate and Responsible Choices,
advocating responsible business practices across British Land and
throughout our supply chain, and maintaining robust governance
structures. Further details can be found on the British Land
website at www.britishland.com.