Tritax Big Box REIT PLC said Mark Shaw is retiring from the board Feb. 1 after serving as a nonexecutive director since the company's IPO in December 2013.

Shaw will continue to serve as chairman and partner of Tritax Group, the logistics real estate investment trust's manager.

Tritax Big Box also appointed Alastair Hughes as a nonexecutive director, who will take up the position Feb. 1 and also join the audit, nomination and management engagement committees.

Hughes is a nonexecutive director at British Land Co. PLC and Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd. and formerly served in various positions at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.