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Lena Wilson CBE

Chair, Chair of the Nomination Committee +
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Lena Wilson CBE

Chair, Chair of the Nomination Committee

Lena brings a wealth of business experience to the Picton Board. She is currently serving on a number of Boards as a Non-Executive Director, including NatWest Group plc and Argentex Group PLC and is also Chair of Chiene + Tait LLP. Previously, Lena was Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise from 2009 until 2017 and prior to that, was a Senior Investment Advisor at The World Bank.

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Michael Morris

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Michael Morris

Chief Executive

Michael is Chief Executive of Picton Property Income Limited. He is responsible for devising and overseeing the implementation of all aspects of the Company’s investment strategy. He has over 25 years experience in the UK commercial property sector and has worked with the Group since launch in 2005. He was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2015.

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Mark Batten

Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee, Senior Independent Director +
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Mark Batten

Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee, Senior Independent Director

Mark was a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for over 25 years, specialising in structuring and restructuring transactions predominantly in Financial Services and Real Estate. He is currently on the Board of, amongst others, L&F Indemnity Limited, the Brompton and Harefield Hospital Foundation Trust and an adviser to UK Government Investments, an arm of HM Treasury. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2017.

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Maria Bentley

Chair of the Remuneration Committee +
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Maria Bentley

Chair of the Remuneration Committee

With over 35 years of experience in the financial services sector, Maria is currently a Non-Executive Director of Nomura Europe Holdings plc and Nomura International plc (and is a member of their Audit, Remuneration, Nominations & Governance, and Financial Conduct Committees). Until last year she was a Senior Managing Director and their Global Head of HR for their wholesale business. Previously she has held senior HR roles at UBS and Goldman Sachs. Maria was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2018.

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Andrew Dewhirst

Finance Director +
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Andrew Dewhirst

Finance Director

Andrew joined Picton in March 2011. He has over 30 years' experience in the real estate and financial services sector. Andrew is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Investment Property Forum. He was appointed to the Board on 1 October 2018.

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Richard Jones

Chair of the Property and Valuation Committee +
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Richard Jones

Chair of the Property and Valuation Committee

Richard is a highly experienced real estate professional with over 30 years’ experience and was previously UK Managing Director on the Aviva Investors´ Global Real Estate Board where he sat on their Global Real Estate Investment Committee until 2014.

As a Non-Executive Director, he has sat on a number of Boards and is currently on the Investment Committee of Henley Secure Income Property Unit Trust, and Transport for London’s Commercial Property Advisory Group. He was appointed to the Board in 2020.

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