Helen Gordon (CEO)

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Helen Gordon is the chief executive designate of the FTSE 250 Index listed company Grainger plc. She replaced Andrew Cunningham when he retired from the position in February 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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. [4]

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References

  1. "Grainger plc – Grainger announce appointment of Helen Gordon as CEO designate". Graingerplc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  2. "Grainger plc – Management". Graingerplc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  3. Ford, Coreena (2015-03-31). "Grainger chief executive Andrew Cunningham announces retirement plans". The Journal. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  4. 1 2 "GORDON Helen". www.mipim.com. MIPIM. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

Helen spent a number of years with Railtrack establishing a strong internal property development team and extensive development pipeline obtaining many highly valuable consents and forming major joint ventures with the likes Of Gazeley, Pillar Property, British Land and others. On the demise of Railtrack this was well demonstrated by the sale of its assets to the market at significant added value.