British Land Company PLC

• Chris Gibson-Smith (63) BSc, PhD, MS
Non-executive Chairman
Chris Gibson-Smith joined British Land as a non-executive director in January 2003 and was appointed Non-executive Chairman in January 2007. He is Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, a Trustee of Arts and Business, a Governor of London Business School and a non-executive director of Qatar Financial Centre Authority. Formerly he was a Group Managing Director of BP p.l.c. and until 2005 he was Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Limited and a non-executive director of Lloyds TSB Group plc, and is a past Trustee of the Institute of Public Policy Research.

‡ Chris Grigg (49)
Chief Executive
Chris Grigg joined British Land as Chief Executive on 12 January 2009. He was Chief Executive of Barclays Commercial Bank until November 2008, having joined the bank in 2005 as Group Treasurer. Prior to Barclays, he held a broad range of leadership positions at Goldman Sachs, where his career spanned 20 years. He rose to partner of Goldman Sachs, working principally in its capital markets and derivatives business.

‡ Andrew Jones (40) BSc (Hons), MRICS
Head of Retail
Andrew Jones joined British Land in July 2005 after the Company's acquisition of Pillar Property PLC. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in August 2005 and elected as an executive director in July 2006. He joined Pillar in 1995, becoming an executive director in 2002 with responsibilities for shopping centres, retail park investment and asset management. At British Land he is Head of Retail and is also responsible for the Retail Fund advisory roles.

‡ Graham Roberts (50) BA, FCA
Finance Director
Graham Roberts joined British Land in January 2002 as an executive director and was appointed Finance Director in March 2002. Prior to joining British Land in 2002, he spent eight years at Andersen, latterly as a partner specialising in real estate. He is a non-executive director of Balfour Beatty plc and is a member of the Management Board of EPRA, the European Public Real Estate Association.

‡ Tim Roberts (44) BSc (Hons), MRICS
Head of Offices
Tim Roberts joined British Land in 1997, was appointed to the Executive Committee in August 2005 and elected as an executive director in July 2006. At British Land he was appointed Joint Head of Asset Management in 2002 with responsibilities including investment sales and purchases. He has responsibility for the Office and 'Other' sectors of the Company's portfolio. Before joining British Land he was a partner at Drivers Jonas, in the Investment Agency team.

† Clive Cowdery (46)
Non-executive Director
Clive Cowdery was appointed a non-executive director of the Company in May 2007. He is the founder of Resolution, a company formed in 2003. He was previously Chairman and Chief Executive of GE's European primary insurance operations. Before joining GE in 1998 he co-founded Scottish Amicable/J. Rothschild International Assurance. He is also Chairman of the charity, The Resolution Foundation.

* Kate Swann (44)
Non-executive Director
Kate Swann was appointed a non-executive director of British Land in April 2006. She is Chief Executive of WH Smith PLC. Before joining WH Smith she had been Managing Director of Argos Ltd, within GUS plc, from 2000 and before that Managing Director of Homebase, within J Sainsbury plc. She began her career in marketing at Tesco and went on to hold senior marketing roles with Homepride Foods, Coca-Cola and Dixons. She will not be standing for re-election at the 2009 Annual General Meeting.

•† Robert Swannell (58) FCA
Non-executive Director
Robert Swannell was appointed a non-executive director of British Land in 1999. He is a Senior Adviser of Citi Europe, Chairman of HMV Group plc, a non-executive director of 3i Group PLC and a member of the Takeover Appeal Board.

•*† Lord Turnbull (64) KCB, CVO
Non-executive Director
Andrew Turnbull was appointed a non-executive director of the Company in April 2006. He retired in July 2005 as Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service, 2002-05. He was Permanent Secretary of HM Treasury, 1998-2004; and before that Permanent Secretary at the Department of the Environment, 1994-1998. He entered the House of Lords in 2005. He is a non-executive director of Prudential PLC, Frontier Economics Ltd and a Council Member of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research. He is Chairman of Brevan Howard Global Limited. He is also a part-time Adviser to the London Partners of Booz & Co.

† Aubrey Adams (59)
Non-executive Director
Aubrey Adams was appointed a non-executive director in September 2008. He was until May 2008 Chief Executive of Savills PLC. He is Non-executive Chairman of Air Partner and was formerly Senior Non-executive Director, Associated British Ports. He is a non-executive director of Unitech Corporate Parks which is a business focused on Indian Real Estate Investment. He is Chairman of Adventis Group plc and Chairman of Max Property Group plc. He is also a Trustee of the Wigmore Hall.

* John Gildersleeve (64)
Non-executive Director
John Gildersleeve was appointed a non-executive director in September 2008. He is Chairman of Carphone Warehouse Group where he has been a non-executive director since 2000. He joined the Board of EMI Group in February 2004 when he also became Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Non-executive Director. In January 2007 he was appointed Non-executive Chairman of EMI Group which position he held until the UK music group's purchase by private equity in 2007. Until February 2004, he was the Commercial & Trading Director of Tesco Plc. He joined Tesco in 1965 and became an Executive Director in 1984. He was formerly Chairman of Gallaher Group and a non-executive Director of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc from 1994-1997 and Vodafone Group from 1998-1999.

Secretary
Anthony Braine LLB, FCIS

Honorary President
Sir John Ritblat FRICS, Hon FRIBA
Sir John became Managing Director of British Land in 1970 and Chairman in 1971. He retired from the Board in December 2006 and was appointed Honorary President.

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