Premier Foods plc Directorate Change (6342K)
August 30 2019 - 2:04AM
UK Regulatory
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Premier Foods plc
30 August 2019
30 August 2019
Premier Foods plc (the "Company" or the "Group")
Appointment of Chairman and CEO
Premier Foods plc is pleased to announce two senior appointments
today. Colin Day has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the
Company and Alex Whitehouse, UK Managing Director, has been
appointed Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board. Both
are permanent appointments and effective today.
Having been CFO for six years, and acting CEO for the past seven
months, Alastair Murray has agreed with the Board to leave the
business and step down from the Board, also with effect from today.
Duncan Leggett, Group Director of Financial Control and Corporate
Development, will become acting Chief Financial Officer pending a
permanent appointment.
Richard Hodgson, Senior Independent Director said:
"I am delighted that Colin Day is joining the company as
Chairman, a role to which he will bring extensive experience at a
pivotal time in the company's history. We are also very pleased
that Alex Whitehouse, who has led the successful turnaround of our
UK business, has accepted the role of Group CEO.
"On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Alastair Murray
for his outstanding contribution to the business, both as CFO and
more latterly as acting CEO, and wish him all the best for the
future."
Colin Day comments:
"I am very much looking forward to joining Premier Foods at this
key juncture as we look to deliver value for Premier Foods'
shareholders. It is the intention to further strengthen the Board
with the appointment of an additional two independent non-executive
directors as soon as possible."
Alex Whitehouse said:
"I'm delighted to become Premier Foods' CEO and look forward to
working with Colin and the board to drive further value from our
great portfolio of brands. I'm very encouraged by the improved
performance of the business over the last couple of years and see
this as something we can build on further."
Pursuant to LR 9.6.13, Colin Day's directorships in other
publicly quoted companies in the previous five years are as
follows:
- Meggitt plc (current)
- Euromoney Institutional Investor plc (current)
- Essentra plc (until April 2017)
- Amec Foster Wheeler plc (until October 2017)
- WPP plc (until June 2015)
No further information is required to be disclosed with respect
to LR 9.6.13.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
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For further information, please contact:
Institutional investors and analysts:
Richard Godden, Director of Investor Relations +44 (0) 1727 815
& Treasury 850
Media enquiries:
+44 (0) 20 7379
Maitland 5151
Clinton Manning
Joanna Davidson
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