Quintain has appointed James Saunders (pictured) as chief executive.
He succeeds Angus Dodd, who is stepping down after serving as chief executive since June 2016.
Saunders takes on the role today (21 October) having served as chief operating officer for the past eight of his 12 years at Quintain. He has also been a main board director of Quintain since 2017. During his time as COO he has overseen placemaking and estate management at Wembley Park, as well as managed stakeholder relationships with the Greater London Authority, the London Borough of Brent and Wembley Stadium.
Olivier Brahin, chairman of the board of directors at Quintain, said: “On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Angus for leading the transformation of Quintain since he moved from Lone Star in 2016. Thanks to him and the team he has built, the 85-acre site surrounding Wembley Stadium has become one of the largest urban regeneration projects in Europe with over £2bn invested to date and another £1bn expected by 2022.”
Dodd said: “With Quintain poised to accelerate the development of our operating businesses, in addition to our development and regeneration arm, the board and I have every confidence that James will continue to extend our track record as one of the most innovative real estate developers and operators in the UK.”
Prior to joining Quintain, Saunders was chief marketing officer at the Cloud Networks, a consultant to Vodafone Europe and brand director at Coca-Cola Great Britain.
He takes up the position of chief executive as the company explores further growth opportunities and looks to accelerate its development of its build-to-rent platform Tipi and Wembley Park, its estate and asset management vehicle.
Prior to joining Quintain, Dodd was senior managing director and co-head of European real estate investments at Lone Star Europe Acquisitions, an affiliate of the general partner of Lone Star Funds.
He was a key member on the Lone Star deal team that acquired Quintain in September 2015. During his time at Lone Star, Dodd was responsible for £10bn of other UK real estate and loan acquisitions. He joined Lone Star in March 2009 after working for five years as managing director at JER Partners.
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