Unite Group plc (LON:UTG), the UK’s leading owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has announced the appointment of Angela Jain as a Non-Executive Director. Angela will join the Board on 1st August 2023.
Angela has enjoyed a very 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 programmes 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 behaviours of young people. This experience and understanding is 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 Group’s Health & Safety Committee, where her extensive experience of working in unscripted television focused on younger audiences will provide valuable wellbeing and safeguarding insight.
Richard Huntingford, Chairman of Unite Group, commented:
“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.”
