The Board of The British Land Company PLC announced that following a comprehensive selection process, it has appointed William Rucker as Chair Designate. William will join the Board as Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Board and Chair of the Nomination Committee at the conclusion of the British Land AGM on 9 July 2024. William will succeed incumbent Chair Tim Score on that date, when Tim will stand down after five years as Chair and ten years on the Board.

Since January 2023 William has been Chair of Intermediate Capital Group plc. Having been in place since October 2018, he will step down as Chair and a member of the Board of Marston's Plc prior to taking up his role at British Land. He was most recently Chair of Lazard in the UK, an investment bank focused on asset management and financial advisory businesses, which he joined in 1987 from Arthur Andersen where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

William has extensive experience in the real estate sector having previously been Chair of Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (2011-2018) and Quintain Estates and Development PLC (2009-2015), where British Land's CEO, Simon Carter, was Finance Director from 2015-2017. William's other key appointments are listed below. Charities, public bodies and not-for-profit; Chairman of the UK Dementia Research Institute; Steward of the Jockey Club; Founder Director of Flint Housing.