Helen Gordon (CEO)

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Helen Gordon
BornMay 1959 [1]
Education
Occupations
  • Property executive
  • Chartered surveyor [2]
Employer Grainger plc [2]
TitleChief executive officer
Term3 November 2015–present [3]
PredecessorAndrew Cunningham [4]
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Helen Gordon (born May 1959) [1] is a British business executive who is the chief executive of the FTSE 250 Index listed company Grainger plc. She replaced Andrew Cunningham when he retired from the position in February 2016. [4] [8] [9] [10]

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Gordon is a board member of the New Covent Garden Market Authority and an Advisory Board member of Cambridge University Land Economy Department. she was a Trustee of the College of Estate Management for nine years. [10]

Early life and education

Gordon was educated at Sale Girls' Grammar School and studied estate management at Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes University). [1]

Career

Early career

Gordon worked in development and real estate roles early in her career, including on the development of Milton Keynes, and later held senior posts at John Laing and Railtrack. [11] [2] She subsequently spent more than a decade at Legal & General Investment Management and later joined the Royal Bank of Scotland, where she led real estate asset management activities prior to moving to Grainger. [11] [12]

Grainger plc

Grainger announced Gordon’s appointment as CEO designate in June 2015. [4] The company subsequently said she would join no later than 1 December 2015 (earlier than initially indicated). [13] Grainger later reported that Gordon was appointed as chief executive officer on 3 November 2015 and that Andrew Cunningham retired from the board in January 2016. [3]

Reporting on Grainger’s strategy, the Evening Standard described Gordon as pursuing a simplification of the business and a focus on the build-to-rent sector soon after taking up the role. [11]

Other roles and appointments

She was reappointed as a board member of the New Covent Garden Market Authority in 2013. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Gill, Oliver (6 September 2025). "Grainger's Helen Gordon: Buy to let can help ease the housing crisis" . The Sunday Times. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Helen Gordon – Chief executive". Grainger plc. Grainger plc. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  3. 1 2 Half-year results announcement (six months ended 31 March 2016) (PDF) (Report). Grainger plc. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Grainger announce appointment of Helen Gordon as CEO designate". Grainger plc. Grainger plc. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Notice of Meeting 2021 (PDF) (Report). Derwent London plc. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "BPF announces new Presidential Team". British Property Federation. British Property Federation. 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  7. ↑ "BPF announces new President". British Property Federation. British Property Federation. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Grainger plc – Management". Graingerplc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Ford, Coreena (31 March 2015). "Grainger chief executive Andrew Cunningham announces retirement plans". journallive. The Journal. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  10. 1 2 "GORDON Helen". www.mipim.com. MIPIM. 20 February 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. 1 2 3 Lynch, Russell (24 February 2017). "Helen Gordon: Grainger's turnaround queen who made it to the top of the property boys' club". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  12. ↑ "Helen Gordon named Grainger chief". Estates Gazette. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Board shake-up at Grainger". Insider Media. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Covent Garden Market Authority appoints new board member". GOV.UK. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2026.


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