Background
He is the eldest son of Henry Methuen Noel Noel (1927–1998), an Army officer and Fellow, Chartered Institute of Secretaries, and Helen Elizabeth Anne Hutchinson.
He is the eldest son of Henry Methuen Noel Noel (1927–1998), an Army officer and Fellow, Chartered Institute of Secretaries, and Helen Elizabeth Anne Hutchinson.
Noel was educated at Marlborough College.
He went on to study at Reading University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree (Bachelor of Science) in 1986. is a qualified chartered surveyor. On 31 March 2012, Francis Salway was succeeded as chief executive of Land Securities by Noel. Noel had been managing director of the company"s London properties, having joined Land Securities in January 2010 from Great Portland Estates plc, where he had been property director since 2002.
Noel is Chairman of the Westminster Property Association, a Director of The New West End Company and a Trustee and Director of the charity LandAid.