Francis Salway has joined Land Securities’ Board as an executive director and UNITE has appointed Simon Bernstein as group finance director.

l Land Securities has appointed Francis Salway to the Board as an executive director, to oversee the management of the company’s £7.7bn portfolio of investment properties.

Francis joined Land Securities in October last year to head up the Group’s asset management division. He was previously investment director of Standard Life Investments where he managed a property fund and established a property research team.

Commenting on the appointment, Ian Henderson, chief executive said: “Francis has already made a notable contribution to the Group and we are delighted to welcome him onto the Board. We look forward to benefiting from his considerable experience and asset management expertise as we maintain our strategic focus of enhancing shareholder returns.”

l Simon Bernstein has joined university accommodation provider UNITE as group finance director. Prior to this role, he was a UBS Warburg executive director, working in the corporate finance department.

He has advised a number of companies, including consortia bidding for PFI projects such as the Ministry of Defence and Department of Social Security.

UNITE chairman Geoffrey Maddrell said: "We are delighted Simon is joining UNITE at this exciting stage in the group's development. He brings with him particularly relevant and valuable experience."

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Jessica Jarlvi