Walker Greenbank PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman Designate (4616O)
January 30 2019 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4616O
Walker Greenbank PLC
30 January 2019
30 January 2019
WALKER GREENBANK PLC
("Walker Greenbank" or the "Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman Designate
Walker Greenbank PLC (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings
group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dame Dianne
Thompson as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman Designate.
Dianne Thompson is a highly experienced sales and marketing
executive with an extensive track record in operational management
in consumer businesses. She is currently a Non-Executive Director
of Next plc, the multi-channel retailer.
From 2000 until 2014, Dianne Thompson was chief executive of
Camelot Group plc, the UK National Lottery provider. Prior to that
role, she held marketing and general management positions in a
number of consumer and building materials businesses including
Signet Group plc, Sandvik Saws & Tools Ltd and ICI Paints.
Dianne Thompson will join the Board on 1 February 2019,
initially as a Non-Executive Director. Once a new Chief Executive
Officer has been appointed, Dianne will become Non-Executive
Chairman and Christopher Rogers, currently Interim Executive
Chairman, will return to being a Non-Executive Director.
The ongoing recruitment of a new Chief Executive Officer is
progressing well and a further announcement will be made in due
course.
Christopher Rogers, Interim Executive Chairman of Walker
Greenbank, said: "I am delighted to welcome Dame Dianne Thompson to
Walker Greenbank's Board both as a Non-Executive Director and as
Chairman Designate. Dianne is a highly experienced executive and
non-executive director and, as Chairman, will bring a strong
marketing and operational focus to the Board. We look forward to
working with her."
The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. Dame Ila Dianne
Thompson (68 years of age) has been a director or partner of the
following companies during the five years preceding the date of
this announcement:
Current directorships Past directorships
Next plc Camelot Commercial Services
Limited
Blackwood Thompson Limited Camelot Global Services Limited
Camelot Lotteries Limited
Camelot UK Lotteries Limited
CISL Limited
National Lottery Enterprises
Limited
Radiocentre Limited
There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Rule
17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
For further information:
Walker Greenbank PLC +44 (0) 1895 221068
Christopher Rogers, Interim Executive
Chairman
Mike Gant, Chief Financial Officer
Caroline Geary, Company Secretary
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser
and Broker) +44 (0) 20 7597 5970
David Anderson / Alex Wright - Corporate
Finance
Henry Reast / Richard Short - Corporate
Broking
Buchanan +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Catriona
Flint
Notes for editors:
About Walker Greenbank
Walker Greenbank PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company
that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers, fabrics and
paints. In addition, the Company derives significant licensing
income from the use of its designs on a wide range of interior
products such as bed linen, rugs and tableware.
Walker Greenbank's brands include Sanderson, Morris & Co,
Harlequin, Zoffany, Scion, Clarke & Clarke and Studio G.
The Company has a strong UK manufacturing base, comprising a
wallpaper factory in Loughborough and a fabric printing factory in
Lancaster. Both factories manufacture for the Company and for other
wallpaper and fabric brands.
Walker Greenbank employs more than 600 people and its products
are sold in more than 85 countries worldwide. It has showrooms in
London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow and Dubai along
with a partnership showroom in Shenzhen, China.
Walker Greenbank trades on the AIM market of the London Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol WGB.
For further information please visit:
www.walkergreenbank.com
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