Stobart Group Limited Directorate Changes (6592H)
21 Maggio 2014 - 8:01AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6592H
Stobart Group Limited
21 May 2014
STOBART GROUP LIMITED
('Stobart' or 'the Group')
Directorate Changes
Stobart is pleased to announce the appointment of John Garbutt
and John Coombs to its Board as non-executive directors and Richard
Butcher as an executive director with effect from 1 July 2014. Paul
Orchard-Lisle and Michael Kayser will be leaving the Board at the
Group's AGM on 26 June 2014 after many years of valuable service to
the Group.
Richard Butcher joined the Group in February 1997 and leads its
Estates and Energy businesses. He will join the Board as an
executive director with responsibility for the Group's
Infrastructure, Energy and Rail Divisions. He also serves as
Company Secretary and will be succeeded in that role, on his
appointment to the Board, by Kate Willard who is deputy Company
Secretary at present.
John Garbutt obtained a BSc Econ Honours degree from the LSE and
began his career with Rowe & Pitman. He subsequently worked at
ICI, Touche Remnant and Schroders and became a Director at
Kleinwort Benson in 1987. Between 1991 and 2013 he worked at HSBC
in a variety of senior roles, most recently as Director, Global
Head of Corporate Governance in the investment businesses. John is
a Justice of the Peace and an Alderman in the City of London and
has had a wide range of charitable and civic appointments.
John Coombs is a Managing Director at Unilever Ventures where he
has chaired the investment committee for the past 12 years. He has
served as a non-executive director or non-executive chairman on the
boards of 12 investee companies. John helped establish Unilever's
ventures business in 2001, having joined Unilever in 1981 following
his graduation in Engineering Science from Oxford University, and
went on to hold a wide range of senior positions.
Paul Orchard-Lisle joined the Board in May 2011. He has chaired
the Group's Property Board since joining the Group and we are
pleased that he will continue in that role. Michael Kayser joined
the Board in March 2008 and chairs the Audit Committee. The Board
is grateful for the significant contributions that Paul and Michael
have made to the Group.
Iain Ferguson commented: "I would like to thank Paul
Orchard-Lisle and Michael Kayser, on the Group's behalf, for their
service to the Board. I wish them well in the future and look
forward to continuing to benefit from Paul's Chairmanship of our
Property Board.
We welcome John Coombs and John Garbutt to the Group and look
forward to working with Richard in his new role. Between them they
bring significant commercial, financial and regulatory experience
to the Board."
No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to
Listing Rule 9.6.13.
ENQUIRIES
+44 020 7851
Stobart 9090
Andrew Tinkler, Chief
Executive Officer
Ben Whawell, Chief Financial
Officer
Lansons
+44 20 7294 3617
Tony Langham (tonyl@lansons.com) / +44 7979 692287
Anna Schirmer (annas@lansons.com) +44 20 7294 3605
Influence Associates +44 20 7287 9610
Stuart Dyble/James Andrew
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