F&C Commercial Property Trust Limited announced that Chris Russell having served nine years on the Board, will step down as Chairman of the Company and retire from the Board at the Annual General Meeting. Martin Moore, Senior Independent Director of the Company, will take over as Chairman and Paul Marcuse will take on the role of Senior Independent Director. The company also announced that if the REIT conversion proposals are approved, Peter Cornell and David Preston, both Guernsey directors, will stand down from the Board with effect from 30 May 2019 and Linda Wilding, who is UK based, will join the Board. Both Peter and David joined the Board in April 2015. Linda qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young, before working in the private equity division of Mercury Asset Management from 1989 to 2001, rising to the position of Managing Director. She has served as a non-executive director (including as Chairman) on a number of boards. She is currently a non-executive director of UDG Healthcare plc and Electra plc.