SSE Chairman Lord Smith to Step Down Early to Take Up New Role
March 18 2015 - 4:07AM
Dow Jones News
By Ian Walker
LONDON--SSE PLC (SSE.LN) Wednesday said its chairman, Lord Smith
of Kelvin, will step down earlier than planned to take up his role
as chairman of engineer IMI PLC (IMI.LN).
The U.K. energy company, headquartered in Perth, Scotland, said
Lord Smith will step down at the annual general meeting on July 23,
and be replaced by Richard Gillingwater, currently deputy
chairman.
Lord Smith had previously planned to step down from the board on
Jan. 1, 2016 after 13 years' service.
Mr. Gillingwater joined the board of SSE as a non-executive
director in 2007 and became senior independent director in 2012. He
was appointed deputy chairman on Jan. 1, 2015.
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