British Land to call veteran banker Rucker as subsequent chairman

British Land, the London-listed property big behind a few of Britain’s most distinguished industrial actual property belongings, will this week identify a City banking veteran as its subsequent chairman.

Sky News has learnt that the corporate, which owns Broadgate within the City of London and Sheffield’s Meadowhall purchasing centre, has lined up William Rucker to interchange Tim Score.

An announcement is anticipated to be made to the London Stock Exchange as early as Monday morning.

Mr Rucker, who led the London operation of Lazard, the funding financial institution, for years, is a former chairman of Crest Nicholson, the housebuilder, and the industrial property developer Quintain.

He will succeed Tim Score, who has held the position since 2019 however was timed out underneath company governance guidelines by advantage of the truth that he has been on its board since 2014.

Mr Score’s tenure as a director was prolonged final 12 months for an additional 12 months.

British Land, which has a market worth of £3.4bn, has seen its shares slide by 15% over the past 12 months amid investor considerations concerning the industrial property sector.

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It exited the FTSE-100 index final 12 months, ending a 21-year run as a member.

The seek for Mr Score’s successor was led by Preben Prebensen, British Land’s senior impartial director.

British Land declined to remark.