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RNS Number : 4891Z  Unite Group PLC (The)  16 May 2023

 16 May 2023

THE UNITE GROUP PLC

 APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

THE UNITE GROUP PLC

 

APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

 

 

Unite Group plc, the UK's leading owner, manager and developer of student
accommodation, today announces the appointment of Angela Jain as a
Non-Executive Director.  Angela will join the Board on 1(st) August 2023.

Angela has enjoyed a very successful career in the commercial television
industry at ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, with a strong focus on younger
audiences. For the past twelve years she has held senior executive roles at
ITV where she is currently Director of Unscripted UK television. In her roles
she has commissioned and developed many of the most popular and commercially
successful programmes of the past twenty years, including Love Island, Misfits
and The Inbetweeners.

This focus on younger audiences has required Angela to remain in-touch with
this generation giving her deep knowledge and understanding of the needs,
wants and behaviours of young people. This experience and understanding is
very relevant to Unite's customer base.

In addition, Angela has Non-Executive Director experience having sat on the
Boards of BusinessLDN for the past eight years, where she is currently Deputy
Chair, gaining strong insights into the broader business community, government
and other key stakeholders in London. She has also served as a Non-Executive
Director on the Board of ITN.

Angela will join Unite's Health & Safety Committee, where her extensive
experience of working in unscripted television focused on younger audiences
will provide valuable wellbeing and safeguarding insight.

Richard Huntingford, Chairman of Unite Group, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Angela to the Board as a Non-Executive Director.
She will be a great addition to the Board bringing a detailed understanding of
our students, their changing needs, and what really matters to them as Unite
customers.  This, in addition to her extensive digital, brand and comms
experience, will add significant value to the Board and the Unite business. I
look forward very much to working with Angela."

 

No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule
9.6.13.

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 For further information, please contact:
 Unite Students
 Unite press office                        Tel: +44 117 450 6300

 Powerscourt
 Justin Griffiths / Victoria Heslop        Tel: +44 20 7250 1446

 

About Unite Students

Unite Students is the UK's largest owner, manager and developer of
purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) serving the country's world-leading
higher education sector. We provide homes to 70,000 students across 157
properties in 23 leading university towns and cities. We currently partner
with over 60 universities across the UK.

Our people are driven by a common purpose: to provide a 'Home for Success' for
the students who live with us. Unite Students' accommodation is safe and
secure, high quality, and affordable. Students live predominantly in en-suite
study bedrooms with rents covering all bills, insurance, 24-hour security and
high-speed wi-fi. We also achieved a five-star British Safety Council rating
in our last audit.

We are committed to raising standards in the student accommodation sector for
our customers, investors and employees. This is why our new Sustainability
Strategy, launched in 2021, includes a commitment to become net zero carbon
across our operations and developments by 2030.

Founded in 1991 in Bristol, the Unite Group is an award-winning Real Estate
Investment Trust (REIT), listed on the London Stock Exchange. For more
information, visit Unite Group's corporate website www.unitegroup.com
(http://www.unitegroup.com) or the Unite Students' site www.unitestudents.com
(http://www.unitestudents.com/)

 

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