The Crown Estate has appointed Lynda Shillaw to its board.
Shillaw is currently divisional chief executive of property for Manchester Airports Group. She is responsible for its investment and development portfolio across the group’s three airports as well as its interest in the 3.5m sq ft Airport City Manchester Development.
This role, combined with her previous roles managing the property portfolios at the Co-operative Group and BT, has given her a range of experience relevant to The Crown Estate, which includes offices, retail, farmland and cabling. She lives in Leeds and much of her career has been outside London.
Robin Budenberg, chairman of The Crown Estate, said: “Lynda brings a diversity of experience from managing multi-faceted property estates across different regions of the UK and different asset classes. She has a deep interest in sustainable placemaking, focusing on nurturing a sense of community in both urban and rural environments.”
Shillaw said: “I look forward to working with Robin and the board, including Alison Nimmo and her talented team.”
The Crown Estate manages a £13bn real estate portfolio and specialises in commercial property in central London; it returns all of its profit to the Treasury. This totalled nearly £330m in 2017 and £2.6bn over the past ten years.
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