London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) announces that it has been notified that Cressida Hogg, Senior Independent Director of LSEG, will join the Board of BAE Systems plc.

Ms Hogg will join BAE Systems as Non-Executive Director and Chair-Designate with effect from 1 November 2022. She will assume the role of Chair of the Board of BAE Systems with effect from 4 May 2023.

Cressida Hogg is expected to step down from the Board of Land Securities Group PLC no later than July 2023.

Cressida Hogg was appointed to the Board of London Stock Exchange Group in March 2019. She has significant board experience to the Group combined with a strong corporate background in infrastructure and private equity.

She spent nearly 20 years at 3i Group plc and was one of the co-founders of 3i’s infrastructure business in 2005, becoming Managing Partner in 2009. During this time, she advised on all of 3i’s infrastructure transactions. Ms Hogg was also Global Head of Infrastructure at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board between 2014 and 2018.

In addition to her senior executive positions, Cressida Hogg served as a Non-Executive Director of Associated British Ports Holdings Limited (2015 – 2018) and as a Non-Executive Director of Anglian Water Limited (2017-2018).

She has a BA from the University of Oxford and an MBA from the London Business School.