Wynnstay Properties Plc announced that that, following an external recruitment process, Hugh Ford and Ross Owen have been appointed to the Board as non-executive directors with effect from 26 March 2023. Hugh Ford (56) qualified and practised as a solicitor with Freshfields both in London and abroad. In 1996, he joined the legal department of British Airways plc to broaden his commercial experience before moving to Virgin Atlantic in 2001.

He was appointed general counsel of the listed company Intu Properties Plc ("Intu") in 2003 and was also appointed group treasurer of Intu in 2015. He was not a director of Intu, although he served as a director of various group companies as part of his role. Intu was put into administration in June 2020, following which he worked with the administratorson implementing the administration.

He is a non-executive director of Hertfordshire Catering Ltd. and a trustee and director of Beechwood Park School. Ross Owen (58) is a chartered surveyor.After qualifying at Matthews & Goodman and working for Hillier Parker, he joined Cluttons in 1997, where he was an equity partner for twelve years and became head of investment and fund management. On his retirement from Cluttons in 2017, he served for over three years as chairman of Lambert Smith Hampton Investment Management to which he remains a consultant.

He is a member of the property investment committees of University College, Oxford, The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea pension fund and John Lyon's Charity. He is also a trustee and director of the Cowes Town Waterfront Trust,which owns the principal yachting marina in Cowes, Isle of Wight and a portfolio of commercial property investments. The Company also announces that Charles Delevingne has decided to retire from the Board and will cease to be a director at the end of the Company's financial year on 25 March 2023.