SEGRO plc (LON:SGRO) has announced that it has appointed Susanne Schroeter-Crossan as its new Chief Financial Officer. She will join the Board as an executive director on 1 December 2025, succeeding Soumen Das who will step down at the end of the year, allowing for an orderly handover of responsibilities.
Ms Schroeter-Crossan is currently the Chief Financial Officer of sennder Technologies GmbH, a leading digital road freight & logistics business serving over 20 European markets. She is also a non-executive, supervisory board member of Zalando SE and held the same position at HelloFresh SE until stepping down at its AGM in June 2025. Prior to her role at sennder, she was the Chief Financial Officer of the German-listed residential real estate company LEG Immobilien from 2020 to 2023 and she has held a number of senior capital markets roles with global investment banks Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Standard Chartered in the UK, Germany and Hong Kong.
David Sleath, Chief Executive, said:
“I am delighted that Susanne will be joining SEGRO at such an exciting time as we are set to build on our market-leading positions in the industrial, logistics and data centre sectors. The combination of Susanne’s financial, banking and capital markets expertise, her knowledge of the real estate, logistics and online retailing and fulfillment sectors, as well as her international experience, made her the standout candidate for the role. She will be a great addition to our management team as we pursue the exceptional growth opportunities ahead of us.”
Susanne Schroeter-Crossan, said:
“I am excited to be joining the management team of such a high-quality, market-leading business as SEGRO, with its prime portfolio, exceptional landbank, strong balance sheet and excellent track-record. I look forward to supporting its planned future growth by leveraging my extensive financial experience and the insights I have gained from working with data-driven companies across sectors that benefit from the same long-term structural trends as SEGRO.”
