Auto Trader board member Amanda James has been appointed to the board of Rightmove as an independent non-executive director.
James has held the position of audit chair at the UK’s largest automotive platform since July 2024 and is also a non-exec director at real estate firm British Land.
Prior to this, she spent nearly three decades as group finance director at Next – a position which she left in September last year.
It was then that she decided to retire from full-time work at the age of 52 – a decision which coincided with her husband’s retirement – after guiding the retail giant through a long period of success and expansion.
James will join Rightmove on May 9th 2025, nearly halfway through what has already been a successful year for the UK’s largest online real estate property portal.
The firm has seen its share price increase from 648.4p at the start of 2025 to 686.2p as of today and its market cap currently sits at an eye-watering £5.38bn.
The move means that she will serve as a non-executive director for two UK firms in the FTSE 100 Index.
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