Ian Grant CBE
Chairman, First Commissioner and Scottish Commissioner
Appointed to the Board in September 1996 and as Chairman in October 2002. Age 61. Deputy Chairman of NFU Mutual Insurance Society and Chairman of the Scottish Exhibition Centre. For 30 years he was an arable and livestock farmer in Perthshire. Previous experience includes: President of NFU Scotland, Chairman of the Scottish Tourist Board, Deputy Chairman of Scottish and Southern Energy plc and non-executive director of Clydesdale Bank plc. Fellow of Royal Agricultural Society and Hon. Doctor of Business Administration Napier University, Edinburgh.
Roger Bright
Chief Executive and Second Commissioner
Appointed as an executive Board member in April 2000 and subsequently appointed Chief Executive in September 2001. Age 54. Chairman of Corporate Responsibility Committee, former member of the General Advisory Council of the British Property Federation, and a Board member of the Central London Partnership. Previous experience includes: a career with the Department of the Environment, Deputy Chief Executive of The Housing Corporation, Head of Finance and Operational Services at the Personal Investment Authority and subsequently Chief Executive, Head of Investment Business (PIA firms) Department at the Financial Services Authority. Former Director of Finance and Administration at The Crown Estate 1999-2001.
Sir Donald Curry KB, CBE
Non-executive Board member
Appointed January 2000. Age 61. Member of Audit Committee. Sir Donald Curry is Chairman of the NFU Mutual Insurance Company and the Government's Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy Implementation Group. He is also non-executive Director of SAC (Scottish Agricultural College). Sir Donald farms 250 hectares of arable and lowland grass in Northumberland. Previous experience includes: Chairman of the Meat and Livestock Commission and Chairman of the Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (2001/02). Hon. Doctor of Science (Cranfield University). Fellow of Royal Agricultural Society.
Hugh Duberly CBE
Non-executive Board member
Appointed January 2002. Age 63. Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Hugh Duberly is HM Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. Chairman of the Papworth Trust and the Shuttleworth Trust. He is also a Governor of Writtle College and Chairman of the Ely Board of Finance. He owns and farms land in Cambridgeshire. Previous experience includes: President of the Country Landowners Association, Director of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation plc and an elected member of Huntingdonshire District Council.
Jenefer Greenwood
Non-executive Board member
Appointed January 2004. Age 47. Member of the Remuneration Committee. Jenefer Greenwood is Retail Investment Director at Grosvenor with responsibility for both direct investment in retail property and for strategic advice on development activities. She is also a member of the Management Board of the New West End Company and a Governor of Westonbirt School, Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Previous experience includes: Head of Retail at CB Hillier Parker, member of the general council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, President of the British Council of Shopping Centres (2003/04) and member of International Council of Shopping Centres European Board. Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Martin Moore
Non-executive Board member
Appointed in April 2002. Age 49. Member of the Audit Committee. Martin Moore is Managing Director of Prudential Property Investment Managers Ltd and Immediate past-President of the British Property Federation (year to June 2005). He is also a non-executive director of hSo, an IT and telecommunications company. Previous experience includes: Chairman of the Investment Property Forum, Chairman of Westminster Property Owners Association and a member of CABE's Design Review Committee. Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Dinah Nichols CB
Non-executive Board member
Appointed to the Board January 2003. Age 61. Member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee. Dinah Nichols is a non-executive Director of Pennon plc (a waste and water company based in the South West) and Shires Smaller Companies plc. She is also Chair of the National Forest Company, Chair of a Groundwork Trust and a Board member of Toynbee Housing Association. Previous experience includes: Director-General for Environment, DEFRA, Director-General for Property Holdings, Department of the Environment, Director-General for Housing and Construction, Department of the Environment. Hon. Fellowship, Royal Holloway College, University of London.
Ronald Spinney CBE
Non-executive Board member
Appointed in July 1999. Age 64. Chairman of the Audit Committee. Ronald Spinney is former non-executive Chairman of Hammerson plc (retired 30 September 2005), Deputy Chairman of Rentokil Initial plc, and non-executive Director of Fuller Smith & Turner plc, J P Morgan Cazenove and Rockspring. He is also Chairman of Hanover IAC and Unicorn Children's Theatre and a non-executive Director of Greenwich University. Previously Chief Executive of Hammerson plc and joint founding director of Greycoat plc, former Chairman of Think London. Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.