Land Securities Group PLC announced that Vanessa Simms is to be appointed as its next Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Vanessa is currently CFO of Grainger PLC, a role she has held since February 2016, and Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair at Drax Group PLC. Prior to that, Vanessa held a number of senior positions at other UK property companies, including Deputy CFO at Unite Group PLC and UK finance director at SEGRO PLC. She has over 20 years of experience in finance and extensive knowledge of UK real estate. Vanessa is expected to join the business, and become an Executive Director at Landsec, by no later than 1 June 2021. She will succeed Martin Greenslade who informed the Board in September of his intention to step down as CFO during 2021.