Starwood European Real Estate Finance has appointed Shelagh Mason and Charlotte Denton as new non-executive directors.
Mason will join the board as of the 1 September, while Denton will join from 1 January 2021.
Mason has been a consultant at Collas Crill for more than five years, specialising in commercial property law. She is also a non-executive chairman of the Channel Islands Property Fund, sits on the boards of Riverside Capital PCC, Skipton International and Ruffer Investment Company, and is a non-executive director of the Renewables Infrastructure Fund.
Mason was also a member of the board of directors for Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust for 10 years until December 2014.
Denton is a non-executive director at Cinven, Butterfield Group and Next Energy Capital.
She used to be chief executive at NWH Global, chief operating officer at design and property developer Orsinibrewin, and held various roles at Northern Trust, including managing director of the global family and private investment offices group, in London.
The appointments were made in line with the company’s succession planning strategy, which states a new director should join the board during the second half of 2020 before non-executive director Jonathan Bridel steps down at the end of the year, and also in preparation for when chairman Stephen Smith retires from the board at the end of next year and when non-executive director John Whittle retires in December 2022.
Smith said: “Shelagh and Charlotte will bring enormous talent as well as new skills and and a good deal of experience and we are delighted that we are in a position to bring them on board early in the rotation, ensuring a smooth transition.”
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