New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) has announced the appointment of two new board members to the Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA).
Newcomers Helen Gordon and Glyn Smith’s appointments, along with those of existing board members Jane Garrett, Michael Paske and John Wilson, will run until September 2010. The two remaining board members, Valerie Owen and Stephen Plent, are appointed until May 2008.
Gordon is well known in the property industry, having been property director for Legal & General for four years, and, prior to that, managing director of Railtrack Property Development. Earlier in her career, Gordon spent six years at Milton Keynes Development Corporation, and 10 years with John Laing plc. She is also a trustee of the College of Estate Management.
Smith comes from a finance background. He was group finance director for Portman Building Society until 2006, and prior to that held a number of senior finance positions in Barclays Bank. Smith now holds a number of non-executive directorships in both the public and private sector, including Domestic & General Group, Stroud & Swindon Building Society, Bournemouth & Poole Primary Care Trust and Bournemouth University.
Baroness Brenda Dean, chairman of CGMA, said: “I am delighted to welcome both Helen Gordon and Glyn Smith to the authority at this point in our redevelopment project. Both bring expertise that will support us during this exciting phase in the market’s history. I am also extremely pleased that Defra has confirmed the reappointments for a further three-year term of Jane Garrett, Michael Paske and John Wilson.”
