Non-Executive Chairman
Daniel Kitchen – Non-Executive Chairman
Committee Memberships:
Chairman of the Nominations Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee
Background and relevant experience:
Daniel Kitchen was appointed to the Board on 6 June 2011 and appointed as Chairman at the AGM on 28 July 2011. He was previously Deputy Chief Executive at Heron International plc, and prior to that was Finance Director at Green Property for eight years. He retired as non executive Chairman of Irish Nationwide Building Society in July 2011.
Current external appointments:
He is currently non-executive chairman of Key Capital Real Estate Ltd and a non-executive director of Minerva PLC. LXB Retail Properties PLC, Kingspan Group PLC and Irish Takeover Panel Limited.
Executive Directors
Harry Platt MA MRTPI – Chief Executive
Background and relevant experience:
Harry Platt was appointed to the Board as Director and General Manager in April 1991, became Managing Director in April 1992 and Chief Executive in October 1999. He was Chief Executive of Harlow District Council between 1983 and 1989 and before that Assistant Chief Executive at the London Borough of Greenwich. Prior to joining the Group he was Operations Director of Dixons Commercial Properties Limited.
Graham Clemett BSc ACA – Group Finance Director
Background and relevant experience:
Graham Clemett joined the Board as Finance Director in July 2007. Previously he was Finance Director, UK Corporate Banking at RBS Group PLC where he worked for a period of five years. Prior to that, Graham spent eight years at Reuters Group PLC, latterly as Group Financial Controller.
Non-Executive Directors
Bernard Cragg BSc ACA – Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Committee memberships:
Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
Background and relevant experience:
Bernard Cragg was appointed to the Board in June 2003. He was previously Chairman of Datamonitor PLC and i-mate PLC, and a non-executive director of Bristol & West PLC. He was formerly Group Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer of Carlton Communications PLC and a non-executive director of Arcadia PLC.
Current external appointments:
He is a non-executive director of Astro Overseas Limited and Astro Malaysia Holdings SDN BHD and the Senior Independent Director of Mothercare PLC and Progressive Digital Media PLC.
John Bywater FRICS – Non-Executive Director
Committee memberships:
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.
Background and relevant experience:
John Bywater was appointed to the Board in June 2004. He was previously an Executive Director of Hammerson PLC and retired in March 2007.
Current external appointments:
He is Managing Director of Caddick Developments Ltd, a Non-Executive Director of British Waterways and Realis Estates, a private property company; a Non-Executive of Low Carbon Workspace Limited and a Trustee of Opera North.
Jamie Hopkins – Non-Executive Director
Committee memberships:
A member of the Remuneration, Audit and Nominations Committees.
Background and relevant experience:
Jamie Hopkins was appointed to the Board in June 2010. He was previously Chief Executive and a Non-Executive Director of Mapeley PLC.
Current external appointments:
He is currently a Director of Chester Properties.
The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee comprises the Executive Directors; Harry Platt and Graham Clemett, together with Angus Boag and Chris Pieroni.
Angus Boag MSc CEng MICE – Development Director
Background and relevant experience:
Angus Boag joined the Group in June 2007 as Development Director responsible for identifying and implementing improvement and regeneration opportunities within the Group’s property portfolio. He is also responsible for investment management, valuations and leads on social environmental and ethical issues. Prior to joining the Group he was at Manhattan Loft Corporation for 12 years joining as Development Director and then being appointed as Managing Director in 2001.
Chris Pieroni BA (Hons) MSc (Econ) PhD (Cantab) ACSI – Operations Director
Background and relevant experience:
Chris Pieroni joined the Group as Operations Director in October 2007. Prior to this date, he worked at KPMG specialising in real estate and infrastructure finance. He began his professional career teaching economics at Cambridge University. He joined Colliers Erdman Lewis in 1993, later becoming Chief Operating Officer. Chris was a Non-Executive Director of the Group from 2000 until his retirement from the Board in August 2006.
