British Land appoints head of retail arm

4th Mar 2010 07:01

Property company British Land has promoted Charles Maudsley to the role of head of the group’s £5.3bn retail business.Maudsley, currently executive director for Business Expansion will retain his old responsibilities while assuming the new position.Ben Grose, who has been with British Land since 2005, has been given the job of Head of Retail Asset Management and will report to Maudsley.Other positions on the senior management team remain unchanged.‘Our senior management team is now directly aligned with our primary objective of driving outperformance in our Retail and Office portfolios. British Land is also well positioned to make opportunistic investments where we see exceptional value,’ said chief executive Chris Grigg.