Robert Noel

The Board of Hammerson is pleased to announce that Robert Noel is to succeed David Tyler as Non-Executive Chair of the Company. Mr Noel will join the Board and take over the position with effect from a date to be confirmed but no later than 1 October 2020, at which point Mr Tyler will step down from the Company. When he joins, Mr Noel will also chair the Nominations Committee.

Mr Noel has built a long and successful career in the real estate sector most notably at Great Portland Estates plc and Land Securities Group PLC (Landsec). In March of this year he stepped down from Landsec, where he had held the role of Chief Executive Officer for the past eight years.

Mr Noel is also Senior Independent Director at Taylor Wimpey plc and a Trustee of the Natural History Museum.