The past 12 months have been turbulent for Matthew Roberts.
In April last year, Intu’s finance boss thought he was entering the final stretches of his eight-year tenure at the FTSE 250 shopping centre landlord given he was due to leave following its £3.4bn takeover by rival Hammerson.
That was not to be as the deal was aborted amid opposition from Hammerson’s shareholders. A year later, following a second collapsed bid from another suitor, a wave of retailer insolvencies and a halving of Intu’s share price, Roberts is now taking over as chief executive.
