Connect Group PLC Appointment of NED & Chair of the Audit Committee (3216O)
August 18 2017 - 2:00AM
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Connect Group PLC
18 August 2017
Connect Group PLC
("Connect Group" or "the Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit
Committee
Connect Group is pleased to announce that Mark Whiteling will
join the Board as a non-executive director with effect from 1
September 2017. Mark will immediately take on the role of Chairman
of the Audit Committee and will be a member of each of the
Remuneration and Nominations Committees. As a result of Mark's
appointment and as highlighted in the announcement dated 22 March
2017, Gary Kennedy (Chairman of Connect Group) will step down as
Interim Chairman of the Audit Committee with effect from 1
September 2017.
Mark Whiteling is currently the senior independent director of
Hogg Robinson Group PLC where he also chairs its Audit Committee
and is also a member of its Nominations and Remuneration
Committees. He has relevant and recent financial, operational and
business planning experience having previously been Deputy CEO and
former CFO of Premier Farnell plc (until June 2016), as well as
possessing extensive senior international, operational and finance
experience with a number of diverse organisations including Autobar
Group Limited, Communisis plc, Tibbett & Britten Group plc and
Enodis plc. He was a Non-Executive Director of Future plc until
December 2014 and was also Chairman of its Audit Committee and a
member of its Nominations and Remuneration Committees.
Gary Kennedy, Chairman of Connect Group, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Mark to the Connect Group Board. He
brings a wealth of commercial and financial expertise from a broad
range of companies and industries, from which the Group will be
able to derive great benefit."
Mark Whiteling said:
"I am excited to be joining Connect Group and being able to
contribute to the next stage of the Group's development."
The Company confirms that there is no further information about
Mark Whiteling requiring disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 (2) to
(6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
Enquiries:
Connect Group PLC
Mark Cashmore, Group Chief Executive Tel: 01793 563641
Buchanan
Richard Oldworth Tel: 020 7466
Jamie Hooper 5000
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