The Board of AEW UK REIT plc announced the appointment of Mr. Mark Kirkland as an independent Non-Executive Director ("NED") of the Company with effect from 9 November 2022. As part of orderly succession planning, he will also be Chairman designate of the Audit Committee in anticipation of Mr. Bim Sandhu's retirement at the 2023 AGM. Mark qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and has extensive corporate experience gained over 30 years, having held numerous senior roles in public and private companies.

Mark's initial career was in corporate finance, predominately with UBS Limited. He has been CFO of numerous public and private companies and latterly was CEO of Delin Property, a pan-European logistics developer, investor and manager. He is currently a NED and Audit Committee Chairman of Strix Group plc, and an Advisor to DP World.