Board and Leadership 

Date of appointment
21 January 2021

Career
Peter retired from his executive responsibilities at Wellcome in September 2022, and from his non-executive role in October 2024. He is chairman of Premier Marinas Holdings Limited and is an honorary vice president of Cambridge University Land Society, a life member and past chairman of the Investment Property Forum, and a life fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

External appointments
Peter is deputy chair of the Bank of England Residential Property Forum, an investment committee member for Trinity College Cambridge and chair of the advisory board to the London School of Economics Masters in Real Estate, Economics and Finance course. Peter was the author of the RICS Independent Review of Property Investment Valuations in January 2021.

Date of appointment
22 May 2014

Key responsibilities
Nigel is responsible for the development and achievement of Group objectives and strategy, as approved by the Board. He ensures effective communication with
stakeholders.

Career
Nigel has held numerous senior positions within the property and regeneration industry over a career spanning 35 years, including serving as special policy adviser to Sir Bob Kerslake at the HCA. He was chief executive officer of Chelsfield plc from 1992 to 2005 and executive chairman of Lend Lease Europe from 2005 to 2008, having joined the company through the joint acquisition of the residential developer Crosby. Nigel was a founding director, along with Robin Butler, and executive chairman of Urban&Civic Limited, which was established in 2009 and was a precursor to Urban&Civic plc. He was presented with the Estates Gazette Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the London School of Economics in 2020.

External appointments
Nigel is chairman of the respected urban think tank Centre for Cities.

Date of appointment
22 May 2014

Key responsibilities
Robin has overall responsibility for the operational performance of the Group’s business and for the overall management of the regional offices.

Career
Robin joined Elliott Bernerd in 1985 and in 1986 became a founding director of Chelsfield plc and was a main board director until the sale of the business in 2004. At Chelsfield he was involved in regeneration projects of metropolitan scale and international significance, including Merry Hill, Paddington Basin, White City (now Westfield) and Stratford City in London. He joined Lend Lease Europe in 2005 and was appointed chief executive in 2006. Robin was a founding director of Urban&Civic Limited, which was a precursor to Urban&Civic plc, with Nigel Hugill in 2009.

Date of appointment
1 July 2016

Key responsibilities
David is responsible forfinancial strategy, treasury, management andstatutory reporting and tax.

Career
David previously held senior financepositions at Minerva plc, Multiplex Developmentsand Chelsfield plc. David is a qualified charteredaccountant and has over 25 years of experiencein the real estate sector.

External appointments
None.

Date of appointment
18 February 2021 (reappointed post Wellcome Trust takeover having been initially appointed on 10 May 2019 and resigning on 21 January 2021).

Career
Rosemary was the chief financial officer of Future Cities Catapult, one of a network of technology and innovation centres established by the UK Government. She also worked at Circle Housing Group and was involved in setting up the Government-owned Low Carbon Contracts Company and Electricity Settlements Company. From 2001 to 2011 she was group finance director of the Carbon Trust, and prior to that, she worked for 16 years as an investment banker primarily advising large, listed UK companies on mergers and acquisitions.

Rosemary’s recent non-executive roles include Southern Water Services (water utility) and Green Alliance (environment think tank).

External appointments
Rosemary is a non-executive director of Care REIT plc and of Triple Point Energy Transition plc. She is also a co-founder and director of Chapter Zero, an organisation that seeks to equip and inspire non-executive directors to lead from the boardroom on climate change as a business issue.

Date of appointment
18 February 2021 (reappointed post Wellcome Trust takeover having been initially appointed on 6 February 2020 and resigning on 21 January 2021)

Career
Bill specialised in the provision of audit and accounting services to property companies in KPMG’s real estate practice for 25 years, as a senior partner for 19 years, until August 2019. He was responsible for the audit of a wide range of property companies and funds encompassing investors, developers, housebuilders and surveyors in the listed and private sectors. He also sat on the finance committees of the British Property Federation and INREV, and on a working committee of The Association of Real Estate Funds. Bill is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

External appointments
Bill is non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of CLS Holdings plc and Ground Rents Income Fund plc. He is a governor at Winchester College, chairing the estate committee and sitting on the finance committee.

Date of appointment
21 January 2021

Career
Lisha is a Managing Partner of Wellcome Investments, and will be the co-Chief Investment Officer from 1 April 2025. She serves on Wellcome’s Investment Committee and has been at Wellcome since 2006, working across multiple asset classes including building the investment portfolio’s direct private investment capability. Lisha was previously at Lazard in its corporate finance practice and read Economics and Management at the University of Oxford.

External appointments
Lisha chairs the Investmemt of Pembroke College, Oxford, and is an external member of the Investment Committee of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple and of the Endowment Board of Imperial College London.

Key responsibilities
Robin has overall responsibility for the operational performance of the Group’s business and for the overall management of the regional offices.

Career
Robin joined Elliott Bernerd in 1985 and in 1986 became a founding director of Chelsfield plc and was a main board director until the sale of the business in 2004. At Chelsfield he was involved in regeneration projects of metropolitan scale and international significance, including Merry Hill, Paddington Basin, White City (now Westfield) and Stratford City in London. He joined Lend Lease Europe in 2005 and was appointed chief executive in 2006. Robin was a founding director of Urban&Civic Limited, which was a precursor to Urban&Civic plc, with Nigel Hugill in 2009.

Key responsibilities
Nigel is responsible for the development and achievement of Group objectives and strategy, as approved by the Board. He ensures effective communication with
stakeholders.

Career
Nigel has held numerous senior positions within the property and regeneration industry over a career spanning 35 years, including serving as special policy adviser to Sir Bob Kerslake at the HCA. He was chief executive officer of Chelsfield plc from 1992 to 2005 and executive chairman of Lend Lease Europe from 2005 to 2008, having joined the company through the joint acquisition of the residential developer Crosby. Nigel was a founding director, along with Robin Butler, and executive chairman of Urban&Civic Limited, which was established in 2009 and was a precursor to Urban&Civic plc. He was presented with the Estates Gazette Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the London School of Economics in 2020.

External appointments
Nigel is chairman of the respected urban think tank Centre for Cities.

Key responsibilities
David is responsible forfinancial strategy, treasury, management andstatutory reporting and tax.

Career
David previously held senior financepositions at Minerva plc, Multiplex Developmentsand Chelsfield plc. David is a qualified charteredaccountant and has over 25 years of experiencein the real estate sector.

External appointments
None.

Rebecca joined Urban&Civic in April 2011 as the second appointment to the Alconbury Weald project. With a background in marketing, media handling and stakeholder engagement for the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, for the Forestry Commission, and for regional and national Government, Rebecca leads the engagement of local business partners and communities in the development of Alconbury Weald, Waterbeach and Wintringham Park; leads the roll-out of community facilities and projects across the three strategic sites, including our jobs and skills agenda; and co-ordinates local, national and overseas marketing and communications for Urban&Civic.

rbritton@urbanandcivic.com

Formerly head of retail development at Lend Lease, Richard has over 20 years' experience working in planning, development and regeneration. At Lend Lease, Richard promoted and delivered the evolution of Bluewater Shopping Centre and progressed the expansion of Touchwood Shopping Centre in Solihull. He was instrumental on the Elephant and Castle project in securing the Regeneration Agreement with Southwark Council. During his time at Lend Lease he was also the head of the regional residential development business. Prior to Lend Lease, Richard held positions at other development companies, working on Whitecity (Westfield London) for Chelsfield and Northern Quarter Portsmouth for Centros. Richard joined Urban&Civic in January 2015.

richard.coppell@urbanandcivic.com

Caroline joined the business in 2018 and has over 20 years’ experience in development and construction. She has led a diverse range of schemes, most recently the strategic settlement of 6,500 homes at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. Prior to joining U&C Caroline led the Lincoln Square development for Lodha Group UK and held a number of development and commercial roles with Lend Lease. Caroline now leads the Wellcome Genome Campus expansion comprising 1.6m sqft of research space and 1,500 homes.

caroline.foster@urbanandcivic.com

John rejoined the business in 2021 and has over 20 years' experience in the strategic development and residential sector. He is the Group Director of Project Management and is responsible for the strategic implementation of the Company's operational arm. John leads an in-house project management team of over 35 people, providing services such as Project Management, Commercial, Health & Safety and Pre Construction across the Group's portfolio.

john.eldridge@urbanandcivic.com

David joined Catesby in January 2013 having worked in housebuilding, planning consultancy and property development, across a broad range of mixed-use projects throughout the UK.

At Catesby, David leads the internal planning department and brings a commercial focus to the team. The planning team at Catesby has responsibility for project managing sites throughout the planning process, from initial site appraisal through to the grant of planning permission.

David started his career as land and planning manager at Cala Homes and has previously worked as a planning consultant for CBRE in London. Prior to his move to Catesby he was head of town planning for Morston Assets Ltd.

David is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and the Home Builders Federation National Planning Committee.

davidm@catesbyestates.co.uk

Myron joined Catesby Estates plc in March 2012 and was appointed to the Catesby main board in May 2015.  He is responsible for the land team, which sources all new land for promotion, oversees the commercial elements of land promotion and handles the sale of land following the grant of planning consent.

Myron started his career with Fairclough Homes in 2004 and then moved across to Miller Homes as part of the Fairclough takeover in 2005 before joining Catesby. He has a significant track record in land acquisition and planning promotion on both brownfield and greenfield development sites across the country.

His experience also extends to the handling of large planning applications, strategic land promotion, bringing forward large-scale housing association schemes and working on urban regeneration schemes.

myrono@catesbyestates.co.uk

James qualified as a barrister at Landmark Chambers, before advising the Government on planning issues and cross-qualifying as a solicitor with Dechert LLP. Prior to being one of the founder members of Urban&Civic, James was part of the senior executive team of Lend Lease Europe with responsibility for town planning and risk management. Within Urban&Civic, James heads up strategy, planning and communications. Having previously served as a non-executive director of East Thames housing association and sat on the Development Committee of L&Q, James is currently a senior advisor to Dorrington PLC and a non-executive of Natural England.

jds@urbanandcivic.com

Nigel joined Urban&Civic in 2014 with the merger with Terrace Hill where he specialised in commercial development which most recently included 1,100 student room scheme for Southampton University and a 100,000sqft Sainsburys store in Herne Bay. Nigel has over 20 years experience in development and now leads the Priors Hall strategic site at Corby comprising 5,100 houses.

nigel.wakefield@urbanandcivic.com