{"id":163903,"date":"2021-01-15T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T10:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/hammersons-james-lenton-to-step-down-from-role-as-cfo\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:09:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:09:53","slug":"hammersons-james-lenton-to-step-down-from-role-as-cfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/hammersons-james-lenton-to-step-down-from-role-as-cfo\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammerson's James Lenton to step down from role as CFO"},"content":{"rendered":"
Shopping centre owner Hammerson has confirmed that James Lenton is to step down as Chief Financial Officer<\/strong> after only 15 months in the role.<\/span><\/p>\n The retail property giant confirmed that the board has already commenced a search for his successor and Lenton will continue as Chief Financial Officer<\/strong> and as an Executive Director of the Company until his successor has joined.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In October 2020,\u00a0Hammerson has told investors it only collected 38% of its UK rents<\/a> due for the current quarter after shop tenants were hit by the pandemic.<\/p>\n The company, which owns Birmingham\u2019s Bullring<\/a> among others, said it collected 41% of rents across the global business.<\/p>\n