G4S plc UK DK : Directorate change
December 08 2017 - 7:20AM
8 December 2017
G4S PLC
CHANGES TO BOARD
AND BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
G4S plc, the leading global,
integrated security company, today announces the following
changes:
John Ramsay to join the board as a
non-executive director
John Ramsay will join the board as
a non-executive director with effect from 1 January 2018. Upon
appointment, Mr Ramsay will also become chairman of the board's
Audit Committee (taking over from Paul Spence) and a member of the
CSR Committee.
Commenting on the new appointment,
John Connolly, G4S chairman, said:
"I am delighted to welcome John
Ramsay to the board of G4S. His experience in highly international,
innovation-focused businesses and his extensive background in
finance and accounting will be very valuable to our board and in
leading our Audit Committee."
Biography:
John Ramsay
John Ramsay served as the Chief
Financial Officer of Syngenta AG from 2007 to 2016 and was also
Interim Chief Executive Officer from October 2015 to June 2016.
Prior to this, John served as Group Financial Controller of
Syngenta from 2000 to 2007 and as the Finance Head Asia Pacific for
Zeneca Agrochemicals from 1993 to 1999. Earlier in his career he
was Financial Controller of ICI Malaysia and Regional Controller
for Latin America. Before joining ICI in 1984, he worked in audit
and tax at KPMG. John has been a member of the
supervisory board at Koninklijke DSM N.V. since May 2017, and a
member of the board of RHI Magnesita N.V. since October 2017. He is
a chartered accountant and also holds an honours degree in
accounting.
No further information is required
to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules.
Clare Spottiswoode to retire from
the board after the company's 2018 AGM
The company further announces that
Clare Spottiswoode, a non-executive director, who joined the board
in June 2010, has informed the company's board of her intention to
retire from the board at the conclusion of the company's 2018
Annual General Meeting.
John Connolly, chairman of the
board, said: "Clare has contributed much to the board and to the
board's CSR and Remuneration Committees during her time with the
company and I am very grateful for all that she has done. The
Nomination Committee is in the process of seeking a candidate for a
new non-executive director role."
Changes to board committee
membership
The company announces the
following changes with effect from 1 January 2018:
John Ramsay will become chairman
of the Audit Committee, succeeding Paul Spence who will remain a
member of the Audit Committee.
Winnie Fok will stand down from
the Audit Committee.
John Ramsay will join the CSR
Committee.
Steve Mogford will join the Risk
Committee.
As a result of these changes, the
membership of these committees will be as follows:
Nomination Committee |
Audit Committee |
Risk Committee |
Remuneration Committee |
CSR
Committee
|
John Connolly
(chair)
|
John Ramsay
(chair)
|
Paul Spence
(chair) |
John Daly
(chair) |
Clare
Spottiswoode
(chair) |
Steve Mogford
|
John Daly |
Ashley Almanza
|
Winnie Fok |
Winnie Fok |
Barbara
Thoralfsson
|
Steve Mogford |
John Connolly |
Clare
Spottiswoode |
John Ramsay |
|
Paul Spence |
Steve Mogford
|
Barbara
Thoralfsson
|
Paul Spence |
|
|
Tim Weller
|
|
|
For further enquiries, please
contact:
Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations +44
(0)2087 222 125
Sophie McMillan - Business Media Manager +44
(0)7595 523 483
Notes to Editors:
G4S is the leading global, integrated security
company, specialising in the provision of security services and
solutions to customers. Our mission is to create material,
sustainable value for our customers and shareholders by being the
supply partner of choice in all our markets.
G4S is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has
a secondary stock exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S is active in
around 100 countries and has over 575,000 employees. For more
information on G4S, visit www.g4s.com.
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information contained therein.
Source: G4S plc UK DK via Globenewswire
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