Compass Group Confirms Death of Group CEO Richard Cousins -- 2nd Update
01 January 2018 - 8:34PM
Dow Jones News
By WSJ Staff
Compass Group PLC (CPG.LN) confirmed on Monday that group Chief
Executive Richard Cousins and four members of his close family died
in a plane crash in Australia a day earlier.
In a news release, the contract food service, cleaning, property
management and support services company's chairman, Paul Walsh,
said: "We are deeply shocked and saddened by this terrible news.
The thoughts of everyone at Compass are with Richard's family and
friends, and we extend our deepest sympathies to them."
In September, the U.K.-based company said Mr. Cousins, who was
58 years old, would step down as group CEO on March 31. The company
said Monday that the appointment of his successor--Dominic
Blakemore, the company's CEO for Europe--would be moved up to
Monday from April 1.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 01, 2018 04:19 ET (09:19 GMT)
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