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British Land Company PLC (BLND.L)

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21 Mar 2019
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

John Gildersleeve

2013 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Christopher Grigg

2009 Chief Executive, Executive Director

Simon Carter

2018 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director

Brona McKeown

2018 General Counsel, Company Secretary

Charles Maudsley

2010 Head - Retail and Leisure, Executive Director

Tim Roberts

2006 Head - Offices and Residential, Executive Director

Darren Richards

2019 Head - Real Estate

Lynn Gladden

56 2018 Non-Executive Independent Director

Alastair Hughes

2018 Non-Executive Independent Director

William Jackson

2017 Senior Non-Executive Independent Director

Nicholas Macpherson

2018 Non-Executive Independent Director

Preben Prebensen

2018 Non-Executive Independent Director

Tim Score

2018 Non-Executive Independent Director

Laura Wade-Gery

2018 Non-Executive Independent Director

Rebecca Worthington

2018 Non-Executive Independent Director

Gemma Wilson

2017 Investor Relations Co-ordinator
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Biographies

Name Description

John Gildersleeve

Mr. John Gildersleeve is no longer Non-Executive Chairman of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The)., effective 19 July 2019. Mr. John is deputy chairman and senior independent director of Spire Healthcare Group plc and deputy chairman of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC. He was formerly chairman of Carphone Warehouse Group, New Look Retail Group, EMI Group and Gallaher Group; a non-executive director of Dixons Carphone plc, Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Vodafone Group and Pick n Pay Stores (South Africa) and an executive director of Tesco plc.

Christopher Grigg

Mr. Christopher Montague Grigg is a Chief Executive, Executive Director of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The). Chris has more than 30 years’ experience in the real estate and financial industries in a range of leadership roles. Until November 2008, Chris was chief executive of Barclays Commercial Bank, having joined Barclays in 2005. Prior to that, Chris spent 20 years at Goldman Sachs. Chris is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc, a member of the board of the British Property Federation and of the executive board of the European Public Real Estate Association and member of the 30% Club.

Simon Carter

Mr. Simon Carter has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director of the Company., effective from 21 May 2018. Simon joins British Land from Logicor, the owner and operator of European logistics real estate, where he has served as chief financial officer since January 2017. Prior to joining Logicor, from 2015 to 2017 Simon was finance director at Quintain Estates & Development Plc. Simon previously spent over 10 years with British Land, working in a variety of financial and strategic roles, and was a member of our Executive Committee from 2012 until his departure in January 2015. Simon also previously worked for UBS in fixed income and qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen. Simon holds a degree in economics from the University of Cambridge.

Brona McKeown

Ms. Brona McKeown is General Counsel, Company Secretary of the Company. Before joining British Land, Brona was General Counsel and Company Secretary of The Co-operative Bank plc for four years as part of the restructuring executive team. Immediately prior to that she was Interim General Counsel and Secretary at the Coventry Building Society. Until October 2011, Brona was Global General Counsel of the Corporate division of Barclays Bank plc, having joined Barclays in 1998. Brona trained and spent a number of years at a large City law firm.

Charles Maudsley

Mr. Charles Sheridan Maudsley is no longer Head - Retail and Leisure , Executive Director of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The) effective from 31 March 2019. He joined British Land from LaSalle Investment Management where he was Co-Head of Europe, Managing Director of the UK business, a member of the Management Board and an International Director. Prior to joining LaSalle he was with AXA Real Estate Investment Managements for seven years where he was Head of Real Estate Fund Management in the UK.

Tim Roberts

Mr. Tim Roberts is no longer Head - Offices and Residential , Executive Director of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The) effective from 31 March 2019. Before joining British Land in 1997 Tim was a partner at Drivers Jonas, in the Investment Agency team. He was formerly a non-executive director of Songbird Estates. Tim is also a Trustee of LandAid, the property industry charity, and chair of their Grants Committee and is a board member of the Westminster Property Association.

Darren Richards

Mr. Darren Richards serves as Head - Real Estate of the Company. Darren joined British Land in 2005 and has been on the Executive Committee since 2014. He has held several leadership roles across teams including Investment and Retail. In his new role Darren will assume responsibility for leading a single Real Estate Asset Management and Leasing team across both Offices and Retail.

Lynn Gladden

Prof. Lynn Gladden, CBE, is Non-Executive Independent Director of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The). Ms. Lynn is Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, a fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering and a non-executive director of IP Group plc. She was formerly a member of the Council of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and held the position of pro-vicechancellor for research at the University of Cambridge until the end of 2015.

Alastair Hughes

Mr. Alastair Hughes is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. He is a fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He is a non-executive director of Schroders Real Estate Investment Trust Limited and has over 25 years of experience in global real estate markets. He is a former director of Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (JLL) having served as managing director of JLL in the UK, as chief executive for Europe, Middle East and Asia and then as regional CEO for Asia Pacific.

William Jackson

Mr. William E. Jackson, Ph.D. has been appointed as the Senior Non-Executive Independent Director of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The), effective July 18, 2017. William is managing partner of Bridgepoint, one of Europe’s leading private equity groups, which he has led since 2001. He also serves as chairman of the board of Pret A Manger and president of Dorna Sports SL (the rights holder to the Moto GP world motorcycling championships). He has served on a range of boards during his career, including Hamptons Group Limited and Alliance Medical Holdings Limited, and has extensive operational and transaction experience.

Nicholas Macpherson

Lord Nicholas Macpherson is the Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. is chairman of C. Hoare & Co and a director of The Scottish American Investment Company PLC. He was the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury for over 10 years from 2005 to March 2016, leading the department through the financial crisis and the subsequent period of banking reform. Lord Macpherson trained as an economist working at both the CBI and Peat Marwick Consulting.

Preben Prebensen

Mr. Preben Prebensen has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company, effective from 1 September 2017. Mr. Prebensen is Chief Executive of Close Brothers Group plc. He previously spent his career in a number of senior positions at JP Morgan over 23 years, as well as being chief executive of Wellington Underwriting plc from 2004 to 2006, and then chief investment officer and a member of the group executive committee at Catlin Group Limited.

Tim Score

Mr. Tim Score is appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The)., effective 19 July 2019. He is a non-executive director of Pearson plc and HM Treasury, an independent member of the Football Association’s audit committee and a senior advisor to Brunswick Group on financial matters. He was chief financial officer of ARM Holdings PLC from 2002 to 2015 and has held senior financial positions at Rebus Group Limited, William Baird plc, LucasVarity plc and BTR plc. From 2005 to 2014, he was a non-executive director of National Express Group PLC, including time as interim chairman and six years as senior independent director.

Laura Wade-Gery

Ms. Laura Wade-Gery is a Non-Executive Independent Director of British Land Company Public Limited Company(The). She is a non-executive director of John Lewis Partnership plc, a non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee of Immunocore Limited, a trustee of the Royal Opera House, a director of Snape Maltings Trading Limited and a member of the Government Digital Strategy Advisory Board. Between July 2011 and September 2016, Laura was executive director Multi Channel at Marks and Spencer Group plc. Previously, Laura served in a number of senior positions at Tesco PLC and was a non-executive director of Trinity Mirror plc.

Rebecca Worthington

Ms. Rebecca J. Worthington is Non-Executive Independent Director of the Company. She is group chief financial officer of Countryside Properties PLC. She spent 15 years at Quintain Estates and Development PLC, first as finance director and latterly as deputy chief executive. Rebecca was a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Hansteen Holdings plc until 20 March 2018, and a non-executive director of Aga Rangemaster Group plc to September 2015. Rebecca qualified as

Gemma Wilson

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