Workspace Group Plc announced the appointment of Lawrence Hutchings as its CEO Designate. Lawrence will replace Graham Clemett, who informed the Board in January of his decision to retire from Workspace. Lawrence Hutchings has been Chief Executive Officer at Capital & Regional PLC since 2017.

Prior to that, he was Managing Director at Blackstone in Australia for four years, Managing Director, UK Retail at Hammerson PLC and Director (Property) European Retail at Henderson Global Investors. Lawrence is expected to join Workspace following completion of a notice period at Capital & Regional.