Derwent London announced the appointment of Sanjeev Sharma, who will be joining the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2021. Upon appointment, Sanjeev will become a member of the Risk, Audit and Nominations Committees. Sanjeev Sharma is Chief Property Portfolio Officer at M&G Real Estate - a leading financial solutions provider for global real estate investors, which is part of M&G plc's £67.2 billion Private & Alternative Assets division. Sanjeev has significant experience in the real estate sector and financial services, is a member of the Real Estate Balance board and chairs the People in Property group. Sanjeev Sharma was previously a Non-Executive Director of Urban & Civic PLC, a publicly quoted company, for the period May 2019 to January 2021. After nine years on the Board, Simon Fraser will retire from his position as a Non-Executive Director of the Company on 31 October 2021. Simon is the Company's Senior Independent Director and Helen Gordon, Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2018, will be appointed Senior Independent Director on Simon's retirement. Helen is a chartered surveyor and is Chief Executive Officer of Grainger plc.