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Empiric Student Property PLC Directors

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Empiric Student Property PLC Directors

Board of Directors (11)

Ross Paterson

Chairman

–

Ilaria del Beato

Chief Executive Officer

–

Richard Huntingford

Non-Executive Director

–

Angela Jain

Non-Executive Director

–

Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE

Non-Executive Director

–

Nicky Dulieu

Non-Executive Director

–

Joseph Julian Lister

Non-Executive Director

4 mosAge: 54British

Professor Sir Steve Smith

Senior Independent Director

–

Thomas Jackson

Company Secretary

–

Lisa Jefferson Hibberd

Secretary

2 yrs 1 mos

Michael James Burt

Director

4 mosAge: 43British

Name	Role	Appointed	Tenure	Nationality
Ross Paterson	Chairman	–	–	–
Ilaria del Beato	Chief Executive Officer	–	–	–
Richard Huntingford	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Angela Jain	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Nicky Dulieu	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Joseph Julian Lister	Non-Executive Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British
Professor Sir Steve Smith	Senior Independent Director	–	–	–
Thomas Jackson	Company Secretary	–	–	–
LJ Lisa Jefferson Hibberd	Secretary	2 Apr 2024	2 yrs 1 mos	–
MJ Michael James Burt	Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British

Director Remuneration

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	£439,192	£18,601	£67,070	£427,506	£32,939	£985,308
Donald Grant	Executive Director	£310,648	£14,418	£43,500	–	£23,299	£391,865
Mark Pain	Non-Executive Director	£130,000	–	–	–	–	£130,000
Alice Avis	Non-Executive Director	£53,681	–	–	–	–	£53,681
Martin Ratchford	Non-Executive Director	£49,080	–	–	–	–	£49,080
Clair Preston-Beer	Non-Executive Director	£40,900	–	–	–	–	£40,900

Prior year comparison (6 directors)

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Donald Grant	Executive Director	–	–	–	–	–	–
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	–	–	–

CEO Pay Ratio

Year	Method	CEO Total	25th	Median	75th
2024	A	£985,308	39:1	36:1	26:1

Former Directors (16)

Donald Aaron Grant

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Clair Preston-Beer

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 6 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Martin James Ratchford

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Duncan Garrood

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Alice Mary Cleoniki Avis

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Mark Andrew Pain

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Lynne Fennah

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Oct 2022

Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 23 May 2022

Aubyn James Sugden Prower

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 5 mosResigned: 1 Oct 2021

Timothy Laurence Attlee

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2020

Charles Stephen Withycombe Alston

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2019

Rt. Hon Baroness Dean Of Tiior Brenda Dean Of Thornton Le Fylde

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 13 Mar 2018

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 12 Dec 2017

Michael John Enright

Director

Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 14 Mar 2017

Alexandra Jane MacKesy

Director

Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 29 Feb 2016

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Secretary

Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 28 May 2014

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned

Board of Directors (11)

Ross Paterson

Chairman

–

Ilaria del Beato

Chief Executive Officer

–

Richard Huntingford

Non-Executive Director

–

Angela Jain

Non-Executive Director

–

Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE

Non-Executive Director

–

Nicky Dulieu

Non-Executive Director

–

Joseph Julian Lister

Non-Executive Director

4 mosAge: 54British

Professor Sir Steve Smith

Senior Independent Director

–

Thomas Jackson

Company Secretary

–

Lisa Jefferson Hibberd

Secretary

2 yrs 1 mos

Michael James Burt

Director

4 mosAge: 43British

Name	Role	Appointed	Tenure	Nationality
Ross Paterson	Chairman	–	–	–
Ilaria del Beato	Chief Executive Officer	–	–	–
Richard Huntingford	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Angela Jain	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Nicky Dulieu	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Joseph Julian Lister	Non-Executive Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British
Professor Sir Steve Smith	Senior Independent Director	–	–	–
Thomas Jackson	Company Secretary	–	–	–
LJ Lisa Jefferson Hibberd	Secretary	2 Apr 2024	2 yrs 1 mos	–
MJ Michael James Burt	Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British

Director Remuneration

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	£439,192	£18,601	£67,070	£427,506	£32,939	£985,308
Donald Grant	Executive Director	£310,648	£14,418	£43,500	–	£23,299	£391,865
Mark Pain	Non-Executive Director	£130,000	–	–	–	–	£130,000
Alice Avis	Non-Executive Director	£53,681	–	–	–	–	£53,681
Martin Ratchford	Non-Executive Director	£49,080	–	–	–	–	£49,080
Clair Preston-Beer	Non-Executive Director	£40,900	–	–	–	–	£40,900

Prior year comparison (6 directors)

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Donald Grant	Executive Director	–	–	–	–	–	–
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	–	–	–

CEO Pay Ratio

Year	Method	CEO Total	25th	Median	75th
2024	A	£985,308	39:1	36:1	26:1

Former Directors (16)

Donald Aaron Grant

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Clair Preston-Beer

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 6 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Martin James Ratchford

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Duncan Garrood

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Alice Mary Cleoniki Avis

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Mark Andrew Pain

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Lynne Fennah

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Oct 2022

Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 23 May 2022

Aubyn James Sugden Prower

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 5 mosResigned: 1 Oct 2021

Timothy Laurence Attlee

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2020

Charles Stephen Withycombe Alston

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2019

Rt. Hon Baroness Dean Of Tiior Brenda Dean Of Thornton Le Fylde

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 13 Mar 2018

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 12 Dec 2017

Michael John Enright

Director

Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 14 Mar 2017

Alexandra Jane MacKesy

Director

Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 29 Feb 2016

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Secretary

Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 28 May 2014

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned

Board of Directors (11)

Ross Paterson

Chairman

–

Ilaria del Beato

Chief Executive Officer

–

Richard Huntingford

Non-Executive Director

–

Angela Jain

Non-Executive Director

–

Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE

Non-Executive Director

–

Nicky Dulieu

Non-Executive Director

–

Joseph Julian Lister

Non-Executive Director

4 mosAge: 54British

Professor Sir Steve Smith

Senior Independent Director

–

Thomas Jackson

Company Secretary

–

Lisa Jefferson Hibberd

Secretary

2 yrs 1 mos

Michael James Burt

Director

4 mosAge: 43British

Name	Role	Appointed	Tenure	Nationality
Ross Paterson	Chairman	–	–	–
Ilaria del Beato	Chief Executive Officer	–	–	–
Richard Huntingford	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Angela Jain	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Nicky Dulieu	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Joseph Julian Lister	Non-Executive Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British
Professor Sir Steve Smith	Senior Independent Director	–	–	–
Thomas Jackson	Company Secretary	–	–	–
LJ Lisa Jefferson Hibberd	Secretary	2 Apr 2024	2 yrs 1 mos	–
MJ Michael James Burt	Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British

Director Remuneration

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	£439,192	£18,601	£67,070	£427,506	£32,939	£985,308
Donald Grant	Executive Director	£310,648	£14,418	£43,500	–	£23,299	£391,865
Mark Pain	Non-Executive Director	£130,000	–	–	–	–	£130,000
Alice Avis	Non-Executive Director	£53,681	–	–	–	–	£53,681
Martin Ratchford	Non-Executive Director	£49,080	–	–	–	–	£49,080
Clair Preston-Beer	Non-Executive Director	£40,900	–	–	–	–	£40,900

Prior year comparison (6 directors)

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Donald Grant	Executive Director	–	–	–	–	–	–
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	–	–	–

CEO Pay Ratio

Year	Method	CEO Total	25th	Median	75th
2024	A	£985,308	39:1	36:1	26:1

Former Directors (16)

Donald Aaron Grant

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Clair Preston-Beer

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 6 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Martin James Ratchford

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Duncan Garrood

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Alice Mary Cleoniki Avis

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Mark Andrew Pain

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Lynne Fennah

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Oct 2022

Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 23 May 2022

Aubyn James Sugden Prower

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 5 mosResigned: 1 Oct 2021

Timothy Laurence Attlee

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2020

Charles Stephen Withycombe Alston

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2019

Rt. Hon Baroness Dean Of Tiior Brenda Dean Of Thornton Le Fylde

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 13 Mar 2018

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 12 Dec 2017

Michael John Enright

Director

Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 14 Mar 2017

Alexandra Jane MacKesy

Director

Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 29 Feb 2016

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Secretary

Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 28 May 2014

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned

Board of Directors (11)

Ross Paterson

Chairman

–

Ilaria del Beato

Chief Executive Officer

–

Richard Huntingford

Non-Executive Director

–

Angela Jain

Non-Executive Director

–

Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE

Non-Executive Director

–

Nicky Dulieu

Non-Executive Director

–

Joseph Julian Lister

Non-Executive Director

4 mosAge: 54British

Professor Sir Steve Smith

Senior Independent Director

–

Thomas Jackson

Company Secretary

–

Lisa Jefferson Hibberd

Secretary

2 yrs 1 mos

Michael James Burt

Director

4 mosAge: 43British

Name	Role	Appointed	Tenure	Nationality
Ross Paterson	Chairman	–	–	–
Ilaria del Beato	Chief Executive Officer	–	–	–
Richard Huntingford	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Angela Jain	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Dame Shirley Pearce, DBE	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Nicky Dulieu	Non-Executive Director	–	–	–
Joseph Julian Lister	Non-Executive Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British
Professor Sir Steve Smith	Senior Independent Director	–	–	–
Thomas Jackson	Company Secretary	–	–	–
LJ Lisa Jefferson Hibberd	Secretary	2 Apr 2024	2 yrs 1 mos	–
MJ Michael James Burt	Director	28 Jan 2026	4 mos	British

Director Remuneration

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	£439,192	£18,601	£67,070	£427,506	£32,939	£985,308
Donald Grant	Executive Director	£310,648	£14,418	£43,500	–	£23,299	£391,865
Mark Pain	Non-Executive Director	£130,000	–	–	–	–	£130,000
Alice Avis	Non-Executive Director	£53,681	–	–	–	–	£53,681
Martin Ratchford	Non-Executive Director	£49,080	–	–	–	–	£49,080
Clair Preston-Beer	Non-Executive Director	£40,900	–	–	–	–	£40,900

Prior year comparison (6 directors)

Director	Role	Base Salary	Benefits	Bonus	LTIP	Pension	Total
Donald Grant	Executive Director	–	–	–	–	–	–
Duncan Garrood	Executive Director	–	–	–

CEO Pay Ratio

Year	Method	CEO Total	25th	Median	75th
2024	A	£985,308	39:1	36:1	26:1

Former Directors (16)

Donald Aaron Grant

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Clair Preston-Beer

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 6 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Martin James Ratchford

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 3 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Duncan Garrood

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Alice Mary Cleoniki Avis

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 10 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Mark Andrew Pain

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 4 mosResigned: 28 Jan 2026

Lynne Fennah

Director

Tenure: 5 yrs 4 mosResigned: 31 Oct 2022

Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 23 May 2022

Aubyn James Sugden Prower

Director

Tenure: 7 yrs 5 mosResigned: 1 Oct 2021

Timothy Laurence Attlee

Director

Tenure: 6 yrs 4 mosResigned: 30 Jun 2020

Charles Stephen Withycombe Alston

Director

Tenure: 4 yrs 10 mosResigned: 31 Mar 2019

Rt. Hon Baroness Dean Of Tiior Brenda Dean Of Thornton Le Fylde

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 13 Mar 2018

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Director

Tenure: 3 yrs 10 mosResigned: 12 Dec 2017

Michael John Enright

Director

Tenure: 3 yrsResigned: 14 Mar 2017

Alexandra Jane MacKesy

Director

Tenure: 1 yrs 9 mosResigned: 29 Feb 2016

Paul Nicholas Hadaway

Secretary

Tenure: 3 mosResigned: 28 May 2014

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned

Donald Aaron Grant	Director	12 Sept 2022	28 Jan 2026	3 yrs 4 mos	British
Clair Preston-Beer	Director	1 Jul 2022	28 Jan 2026	3 yrs 6 mos	British
Martin James Ratchford	Director	1 Oct 2021	28 Jan 2026	4 yrs 3 mos	British
Duncan Garrood	Director	28 Sept 2020	28 Jan 2026	5 yrs 4 mos	British
Alice Mary Cleoniki Avis	Director	1 Mar 2019	28 Jan 2026	6 yrs 10 mos	British
Mark Andrew Pain	Director	1 Sept 2018	28 Jan 2026	7 yrs 4 mos	British
Lynne Fennah	Director	26 Jun 2017	31 Oct 2022	5 yrs 4 mos	British
Stuart Robert Hartley Beevor	Director	1 Jan 2016	23 May 2022	6 yrs 4 mos	British
Aubyn James Sugden Prower	Director	28 May 2014	1 Oct 2021	7 yrs 5 mos	British
Timothy Laurence Attlee	Director	11 Feb 2014	30 Jun 2020	6 yrs 4 mos	British
Charles Stephen Withycombe Alston	Director	28 May 2014	31 Mar 2019	4 yrs 10 mos	British
Rt. Hon Baroness Dean Of Tiior Brenda Dean Of Thornton Le Fylde	Director	28 May 2014	13 Mar 2018	3 yrs 10 mos	British
Paul Nicholas Hadaway	Director	11 Feb 2014	12 Dec 2017	3 yrs 10 mos	British
Michael John Enright	Director	21 Mar 2014	14 Mar 2017	3 yrs	British
Alexandra Jane MacKesy	Director	28 May 2014	29 Feb 2016	1 yrs 9 mos	British
Paul Nicholas Hadaway	Secretary	11 Feb 2014	28 May 2014	3 mos	–