– UK, Bristol – Unite Group plc (LON: UTG), the UK’s leading owner, manager, and developer of student accommodation, today announced the appointment of Angela Jain to its Board as a Non-Executive Director, effective on 1st August 2023.
“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.” said Board Chairman, Richard Huntingford.
About Angela Jain
Angela Jain has enjoyed a 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 programs 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 behaviors of young people. This experience and performance are 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 well-being and safeguarding insight.
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.
About Unite Group
Founded in 1991 in Bristol, the Unite Group is an award-winning Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Source: https://www.unite-students.com/
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