Directorate Change

RNS Number : 3078C

Capital & Regional plc

15 October 2015

 



15 October 2015

Capital & Regional plc

Non-Executive Director appointment

Capital & Regional plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Whyte as a Non-Executive Director, to take effect from 1 December 2015.

Laura brings a wealth of experience from a long and successful career with John Lewis Partnership where she served in two separate roles on the John Lewis Management Board for over 10 years, firstly as Registrar and latterly as HR Director.  Laura will join the Audit and Remuneration Committees with effect from her appointment and will take over the Chairmanship of the Responsible Business Committee from Philip Newton when he steps down from the Board at the 2016 AGM.

Laura is a Non-Executive Director of the Defence People and Training Board of the Ministry of Defence and of the British Horseracing Authority and British Equestrian Federation. She is also an Executive Trustee of Women in Retail.

Commenting on the appointment, John Clare, Chairman of Capital & Regional, said:

"I am pleased to welcome Laura to the Board. Her significant retail, personnel and wider commercial experience will be of great value to the Company and I very much look forward to working with her."

Laura Whyte, added:

"I am delighted to be joining Capital & Regional at such an exciting time for the Group as it looks to build further on the significant progress of the last few years."

No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to LR 9.6.13 R.

ENDS

For further information:

Capital & Regional:	Tel:  [phone]
Hugh Scott-Barrett, Chief Executive
Charles Staveley, Group Finance Director
FTI Consulting	Tel: [phone]
Richard Sunderland Claire Turvey [e-mail]

Notes to editors:

About Capital & Regional plc

Capital & Regional is a UK focused specialist property REIT with a strong track record of delivering value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across a c. £1 billion portfolio of in-town dominant community shopping centres.  Capital & Regional is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.   

Capital & Regional owns six Mall shopping centres in Blackburn, Camberley, Luton, Maidstone, Walthamstow and Wood Green. It also has a 20% joint venture interest in the Kingfisher Centre in Redditch and a 50% joint venture in the Buttermarket Centre, Ipswich.  Capital & Regional manages these assets, which comprise over 900 retail units and attract c. 1.7 million shopping visits each week, through its in-house expert property and asset management platform.

For further information see www.capreg.com.

 

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