Johnston Press PLC Directorate Change (3618W)
April 26 2016 - 6:08AM
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RNS Number : 3618W
Johnston Press PLC
26 April 2016
26 April 2016
JOHNSTON PRESS PLC
Board Changes
Johnston Press plc (the "Company"), one of the leading local
media groups in the UK, announces that Mike Butterworth will join
the Board as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect
from 1 June 2016 and will become chairman of the Audit Committee
when Mark Pain steps down from the Board later this year. Mark
joined the board in 2009 and is currently a member of the Company's
Remuneration and Nomination Committees, as well as chairing the
Audit Committee.
A chartered accountant, Mike has extensive financial experience
having worked in various finance roles, both in an executive and
non-executive capacity, for a number of public companies. Since
August 2010, he has been a non-executive director and Chairman of
the Audit Committee of St Ives plc, the international marketing
services group, and in November 2012 he was appointed Senior
Independent Director. For eight years he was Group Finance Director
of Cookson Group plc a FTSE 250 international materials science
company, until December 2012 when Cookson was de-merged. Mike was
also a director of Alent plc, one of the two businesses demerged
from Cookson Group plc, from January to March 2013. Previously, he
was Group Finance Director of Incepta Group plc (an international
marketing and communications group) for five years, prior to which
he spent five years as Group Financial Controller at BBA Group plc,
the international aviation and materials technology group.
Ian Russell, Chairman of Johnston Press, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Mike Butterworth to the Board. Mike
has extensive relevant experience and I am confident that his
knowledge and perspective will add significant value to our
business.
I would like to thank Mark Pain for his commitment to the
Company over the past seven years. The Board and the Executives
have benefitted enormously from his work as Audit Committee
chairman and more generally from his consistently wise
counsel."
There is no further information required to be disclosed under
paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct
Authority relating to Mr Butterworth's appointment.
For further information please contact:
Johnston Press
Peter McCall
+44 (0) 131 311 7500
Bell Pottinger
Dan de Belder / Zoë Pocock
+44 (0) 20 3772 2574
This information is provided by RNS
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