Land Securities Group Plc announced that following a comprehensive selection process, it has appointed James Bowling as an Independent Non-executive Director and Audit Committee Chair Designate. James will join the Board as Non-executive Director on 7 September 2023 and will succeed Nicholas Cadbury as Chair of the Audit Committee at the end of its meeting on 18 September 2023. Nicholas will remain on the Board as a Non-executive Director and member of the Audit Committee.

James, a chartered accountant, was Chief Financial Officer of Severn Trent Plc from 2015 until recently retiring from this role. Prior to that, James held senior financial roles at Shire plc. James does not hold any other listed non-executive directorships.

Retirement of Senior Independent Director and recruitment of successor. Landsec also confirms that it is currently intended that Edward Bonham Carter (Senior Independent Director) who has been a Non-executive Director for over nine years, will retire from the Board in 2024, and that in light of this, a recruitment process has commenced, facilitated by an external recruitment agency, to look for a further Non-executive Director to join the Board. A further announcement will be made to confirm Edward's retirement plans and notify the appointment of his successor.