13 March 2024
Jet2 plc
("the Group" or "the
Company")
Directorate Changes
Jet2 plc, the
Leisure Travel group, is pleased to announce the appointment
of Rachel Kentleton as an independent non-executive director with
effect from 18 March 2024. Rachel will also join the
Company's Audit & Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee
upon appointment. Following completion of the external audit
of the Company's financial results for the year ending 31 March
2024, Rachel will take up the position as Chair of the Audit &
Risk Committee.
Rachel was most recently Chief Financial Officer at
St Modwen Properties Ltd and prior to that was Group Finance
Director at PayPoint plc. Rachel has held various senior
positions in Finance, Investor Relations and Strategy including
Group Director of Strategy and Implementation at easyJet plc.
She has also held several non-executive positions including
her current roles as a non-executive director at Trustpilot Group
plc (where she also chairs the Audit Committee) and Travelodge
(where she is Audit Committee Chair designate), and her former role
as Chair of the Audit Committee at Persimmon plc.
Mark Laurence has given notice that, following 14
years as a non-executive director, he will retire from the Board on
Rachel's appointment.
Robin Terrell, Non-executive Chairman, commented:
"Firstly, on behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Mark
for his service over a period in which the turnover of the business
grew more than tenfold and wish him well for the
future.
We
are delighted to welcome Rachel to the Board. Rachel is an
experienced director, with an impressive track record both in her
executive and non-executive roles. Her breadth of expertise
will be invaluable as we continue our focus on People, Service,
Profits and deliver our strategy to be the UK's Leading and Best
Leisure Travel Business".
Please refer to Annex 1 for further disclosures
relating to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules
for Companies.
For further information, please contact:
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Jet2 plc
Steve Heapy, Chief Executive
Officer
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Tel:
0113 239 7692
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Gary Brown, Group Chief Financial
Officer
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Cavendish Capital Markets
Limited
Nominated Adviser
Katy Birkin / Camilla Hume / George
Lawson
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Tel:
020 7220 0500
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Buchanan
Financial PR
Richard Oldworth / Toto
Berger
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Tel:
020 7466 5000
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ANNEX 1
The directorships and partnerships currently held by
Rachel Elizabeth Kentleton, aged 55, and over the five years
preceding the date of her appointment are as follows:
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Current
directorships/partnerships
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Previous
directorships/partnerships
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Thame and London Limited
Trustpilot Group plc
T&L Holdco Limited
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Collect+ Brand Limited
Collect+ Holdings Limited
Key Property Investments Limited
KPI Corporate Services Limited
Paypoint Collections Limited
Paypoint Network Limited
Paypoint Payment Services Limited
Paypoint plc
Paypoint Retail Solutions Limited
Paypoint Trust Managers Limited
Persimmon Public Limited Company
St. Modwen Corporate Services Limited
St. Modwen Developments Limited
St. Modwen Group Holding Company Limited
St. Modwen Homes Limited
St. Modwen Properties Limited
St. Modwen Strategic Land Limited
VSM Estates (Ashchurch) Limited
VSM (NCGM) Limited
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Rachel Kentleton does not hold any Ordinary Shares in
Jet2 plc.
There are no further disclosures to be made pursuant
to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.