Empiric Student Property plc announced the appointment of Mark Pain as Non-Executive Chairman of the Group with effect from September 1,2018. Mark will also chair the Nominations Committee and be a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Stuart Beevor, the current Acting Non-Executive Chairman, will step down from this role and will resume his role of Non-Executive Director of the Company and chairman of the Remuneration Committee. Mark is a qualified accountant who has extensive experience as an executive and non-executive in a wide range of companies in the real estate, financial services and consumer/leisure sectors. Mark is currently Vice Chairman and Senior Independent Director at Yorkshire Building Society and Chairman of a London based residential property developer, London Square. Mark spent 16 years at Abbey National plc holding senior executive board positions, ultimately Group Finance Director, and was Group Finance Director for five years at Barratt Developments plc.