Francis Salway

Francis brings a wealth of property expertise to the Board. He was Chief Executive of Land Securities plc, then the country’s largest commercial property company, between 2004 and 2012, having joined the board in 2001.

Francis is currently a non-executive director of Cadogan Group Limited, which owns and manages the Cadogan Estate in Chelsea. He is also a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics.

Francis was chair of Town and Country Housing Association from 2012 and, following its merger with Peabody Housing Association in 2019, became a non-executive director of that organisation until 2021. He was a non-executive director of NEXT plc from 2010 to 2021, latterly as Senior Independent Director, a past President of the British Property Federation, and a former Chair of Transport for London’s Property Advisory Group.