By Alfred Anate Mayaki

Media Release -- British Land announced on Tuesday that Joanne McNamara has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. 

Ms. McNamara is currently Executive Vice President, Europe at Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, developer, and manager wholly owned by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), one of Canada's largest pension funds.

Joanne has over twenty years' experience in the real estate sector. She joined Oxford in 2010 as one of its first team members in London, and over the past sixteen years has overseen several of its most significant investment and development transactions. She was also instrumental in building Oxford's successful 70-plus European team, creating a portfolio of office, retail, logistics and residential assets with AUM of approximately £8 billion. Prior to joining Oxford, Joanne worked at Hammerson and DTZ.

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About British Land

British Land is a UK commercial property company focused on real estate sectors with the strongest operational fundamentals: London campuses and retail parks. We own or manage a portfolio valued at £15.8bn (British Land share: £10.1bn) as at 31 March 2026.

Our purpose is to create and manage Places People Prefer – outstanding places that deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders on a long term, sustainable basis. We do this by leveraging our best in class platform and proven expertise in development, repositioning and active asset management.

Read more about us at www.britishland.com.