Management
Dr Chris Gibson-Smith
Non-executive Chairman
Chris Grigg
Chief Executive
Lucinda Bell
Finance Director
Tim Roberts
Head of Offices
Dr Chris Gibson-Smith (66)
Non-executive Chairman
Chris Gibson-Smith joined British Land as a Non-executive Director in January 2003 and was appointed Non-executive Chairman in January 2007. He is Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, a Governor of London Business School and a Non-executive Director of Qatar Financial Centre Authority. Formerly he was a Group Managing Director of BP p.l.c. and until 2005 he was Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Limited and a Non-executive Director of Lloyds TSB Group plc, and is a past Trustee of the Institute of Public Policy Research and of Arts and Business. He is Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
Chris Grigg (52)
Chief Executive
Chris Grigg joined British Land as Chief Executive in January 2009. He was Chief Executive of Barclays Commercial Bank until November 2008, having joined the bank in 2005 as Group Treasurer. Prior to Barclays, he held a broad range of leadership positions at Goldman Sachs, where his career spanned 20 years. He rose to partner of Goldman Sachs, working principally in its capital markets and derivatives business. Chris is a member of the Executive Board of the European Public Real Estate Association. In July 2011 he was appointed Vice President of the British Property Federation and becomes President in 2012.
Lucinda Bell
Finance Director
Lucinda Bell joined British Land in 1991 and has held a wide range of roles in the Group finance function. She joined the Executive Committee in 2010 and was appointed to the Board in March 2011. She became Finance Director on 24th May 2011. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen and was the sole property company member of the HM Treasury appointed Working Party to develop the REIT structure.
Tim Roberts (47)
Head of Offices
Tim Roberts joined British Land in 1997, was appointed to the Executive Committee in August 2005 and elected as an Executive Director in July 2006. At British Land he was appointed Joint Head of Asset Management in 2002 with responsibilities including investment sales and purchases. He has responsibility for the Office sector of the Company's portfolio. Before joining British Land he was a partner at Drivers Jonas, in the Investment Agency team. He is a Trustee and Board Member of LandAid, the property industry charity.
Stephen Smith
Chief Investment Officer
Charles Maudsley
Head of Retail
John Gildersleeve
Senior Independent Director
Lord Turnbull
Non-executive Director
Stephen Smith (58)
Chief Investment Officer
Stephen Smith joined the Board of the Company in January 2010 and is Chief Investment Officer. He was formerly Global Head of Asset Management and Transactions at AXA Real Estate Investment Managers. Prior to joining AXA in 1999, he was Managing Director at Sun Life Properties for five years.
Charles Maudsley (47)
Head of Retail
Charles Maudsley joined British Land and the Board in February 2010. He is responsible for the Group's retail businesses and for opportunistic investments in the UK & Europe. 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 Management for seven years where he was Head of Real Estate Fund Management in the UK.
John Gildersleeve (67)
Senior Independent Director
John Gildersleeve was appointed a Non-executive Director in 2008 and became Senior Independent Director in November 2010. He is Deputy Chairman of Carphone Warehouse Group PLC, where he has been a Non-executive Director since 2000 and is a Non-executive Director of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC. Until February 2004, he was the Commercial & Trading Director of Tesco Plc. He joined Tesco in 1965 and became an Executive Director in 1984. He was also formerly Chairman of Gallaher Group and a Non-executive Director of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc from 1994-97 and Vodafone Group from 1998-99. He joined the Board of EMI Group in February 2004 when he also became Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director. In January 2007 he was appointed Non-executive Chairman of EMI Group, which position he held until the UK music group's purchase by private equity later in 2007. Until March 2011 he was also Non-executive Chairman of New Look. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee
Lord Turnbull (67)
Non-executive Director
Andrew Turnbull was appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company in April 2006. He retired in July 2005 as Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service, 2002-05. He was Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury, 1998-2004; and before that Permanent Secretary at the Department of the Environment, 1994-98. He entered the House of Lords in 2005 as a crossbench Life Peer. He is a Non-executive Director of Prudential PLC and Frontier Economics Ltd. He is also Chairman of BH Global Limited. He is a member of the Nomination Committee and is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
Aubrey Adams
Non-executive Director
Dido Harding
Non-executive Director
Richard Pym
Non-executive Director
Simon Borrows
Non-executive Director
Aubrey Adams (62)
Non-executive Director
Aubrey Adams was appointed a Non-executive Director in September 2008. He was until May 2008 Chief Executive of Savills PLC. He is Head of Property within RBS's Global Restructuring Group and Non-executive Chairman of Air Partner PLC, Unitech Corporate Parks PLC, which is a business focused on Indian Real Estate Investment and Max Property Group PLC. He is also Chairman on the Board of Trustees of Wigmore Hall. Aubrey was formally Senior Independent Director of Associated British Ports PLC. He is a member of the Audit Committee.
Dido Harding (44)
Non-executive Director
Dido Harding was appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company in January 2010. She is Chief Executive Officer of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC. Prior to this Dido was Sainsbury's Convenience Director and a member of J Sainsbury Plc's Operating Board, having been appointed in March 2008. She previously held senior management positions within Tesco Plc, Kingfisher Plc and Thomas Cook Ltd. She is a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Richard Pym (62)
Non-executive Director
Richard Pym was appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company in January 2010. He is Chairman of UK Asset Resolution Ltd, the holding company established to manage the ‘run off’ of the Government owned closed mortgage books of Bradford & Bingley plc and Northern Rock (Asset Management) plc and he is also Non-executive Chairman of BrightHouse Group Ltd and Nordax Finans AB. He was Group Chief Executive of Alliance & Leicester plc until 2007. He was also formerly a Vice President of the British Bankers Association, Non-executive Chairman of Halfords Group plc and a Non-executive Director of Selfridges plc and Old Mutual plc. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee.
Simon Borrows (53)
Non-executive Director
Simon Borrows was appointed a Non-executive Director in March 2011. He is Chief Investment Officer of 3i Group plc, having joined the firm in October 2011. He is also a Non-executive Director of Inchcape plc. Before his appointment to 3i he worked for 28 years in the banking and finance industry, most recently as Chairman of Greenhill & Co. International LLP, having served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the firm (2007-10) and Co-President (2004-07). Prior to Greenhill Simon held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Baring Brothers International Limited, the corporate finance division of ING Barings. He is a member of the Audit Committee
William Jackson
Non-executive Director
Anthony Braine
Group Secretary
William Jackson (48)
Non-executive Director
William Jackson was appointed a Non-executive Director in April 2011. He has been Chief Executive of Bridgepoint, a leading international private equity firm since 2001. He serves on a number of Bridgepoint portfolio Boards including Prêt a Manger and as Chairman of Dorna Sports SL, holder of the commercial rights of the Moto GP World Championship. He is a member of the British Land Audit Committee.
Anthony Braine (54)
Group Secretary
Anthony Braine joined British Land in 1987 as Assistant Secretary and was appointed Group Secretary in 1995.
John Ritblat, Honorary President
Sir John became Managing Director of British Land in 1970 and Chairman in 1971. He retired from the Board in December 2006 and was appointed Honorary President.
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