Inland Homes welcomes Carol Duncumb to its Board as Non-Executive Director and announces Simon Bennett as next Chairman alongside Brian Johnson as Senior Independent Director

– UK, Amersham –  Inland Homes plc (LON: INL), the leading brownfield developer, housebuilder, and partnership housing company with a focus on the South and South East of England, today announced the appointment of Carol Duncumb to its Board as a Non-Executive Director, effective from 8 February 2021.

“We are delighted to welcome Carol to the Board. Her wealth of experience, especially in brand building and consumer-related businesses, will bring invaluable insight to the Company,” said Board Chairman, Terry Roydon. 

The company also announced that its Board Chairman, Terry Roydon will be standing down from the Board at the next AGM to be held on 11th March 2021, and will be replaced by Simon Bennett alongside Brian Johnson who will replace Simon in the role of Senior Independent Director, both effective from the conclusion of the AGM.

Stephen Wicks, CEO of Inland Homes, commented: “Terry has played an integral role over the past fourteen years in the Group’s success, setting clear strategic direction and delivering strong leadership. I would like to personally thank Terry for his longstanding dedication to the interests of Inland and the very considerable contribution that he has made to the Company during his time on the Board.”

Terry Roydon added: “Inland today is a very different business to the one I joined in 2007 and I am proud to have played a part in its exciting growth journey. I wish the Company well for the future as it enters the next phase in its development.”

About Carol Duncumb

Carol is currently a Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Mattioli Woods plc, the AIM-listed specialist wealth management, and employee benefits business. She also acts as an external adviser to several private companies and is an active angel investor in several scale-up businesses. Carol has a 35-year track record of brand building experience across a range of consumer-related businesses, most notably in retail where she led the management buy-out of menswear brand Wolsey Ltd before selling the business to Matalan in 2002 and acting as CEO to Intimas PLC between 2002 and 2008.

About Inland Homes

Incorporated in the UK in 2005, Inland Homes plc is an AIM-listed specialist housebuilder and brownfield developer, dedicated to achieving excellence in sustainability and design.

Inland Homes acquires brownfield land in the South and South-East of England principally for residentially led development schemes. The business then enhances the land value by obtaining planning permission, before building open market and affordable homes or selling surplus consented land to other developers to generate cash.

The Company is committed to extensive public and community consultation to ensure that, where possible, local community needs and objectives are met.

Inland aims to create sustainable communities and homes which set a benchmark for all future developments in the South and South East of England. The Company is always looking for brownfield sites without planning permission for future development.

For more information: https://www.inlandhomes.co.uk

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