DFS Furniture plc DIRECTORATE CHANGES (2507M)
26 April 2018 - 8:48PM
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DFS Furniture plc
26 April 2018
26 April 2018
DFS FURNITURE plc
DIRECTORATE CHANGES
DFS Furniture plc ("DFS" or the "Company") is pleased to
announce the appointment of Alison Hutchinson CBE as an independent
non-executive Director of the Company, and member of the Audit,
Nomination and Remuneration Committees, with effect from 1 May
2018.
Alison has extensive experience across IT and financial services
and is currently Chief Executive of Fintech charity The Pennies
Foundation, a non-executive Director of LV= and Yorkshire Building
Society and, until the end of 2017, was a non-executive director of
Aviva Life UK.
Prior to this, Alison was Managing Director and then CEO at
specialist mortgage provider Kensington Group PLC, Marketing &
Communications Director of Barclaycard, CEO of Barclays B2B and
Global Director of Online Financial Services of IBM.
Following the previous announcement on 5 January 2018, the
Company also confirms that Gwyn Burr, an independent non-executive
Director of the Company, member of the Audit and Nomination
Committees and the Chair of the Remuneration Committee, will leave
the Board on 30 April 2018.
In order to ensure a smooth transfer of responsibilities, Luke
Mayhew, the Senior independent non-executive Director and member of
the Remuneration Committee, will assume the role of interim Chair
of the Remuneration Committee until 1 October 2018, at which point
Alison Hutchinson will become Chair.
Commenting on the new appointment of Alison Hutchinson, DFS's
Chair of the Board, Ian Durant, said:
"Alison brings a wealth of experience of technology and
financial services. She is a very welcome addition to the Board and
the directors and executives at DFS are looking forward to working
with her. We are grateful to Gwyn for her contribution over the
last three years."
There are no further details in respect of Alison Hutchinson
requiring disclosure under Listing Rule 9.6.13.
Enquiries:
DFS (enquiries via FTI)
Ian Filby (CEO)
Nicola Bancroft (CFO)
Paul Walker (Group Company investor.relations@dfs.co.uk
Secretary)
FTI Consulting
+44 (0) 20 3727
Jonathon Brill 1000
Georgina Goodhew dfsfurniture@fticonsulting.com
Eleanor Purdon
About DFS Furniture plc
DFS is the clear market leading retailer of upholstered
furniture in the United Kingdom. We design, manufacture, sell and
deliver to our customers an extensive range of upholstered
furniture products. The business operates a retail network of
upholstered furniture stores in the United Kingdom and Europe,
together with an online channel. These have been established and
developed gradually through nearly 50 years of operating history.
We attract customers to our stores and website through our
substantial and continued investment in nationwide marketing
activities and our reputation for high quality products and
service, breadth of product ranges and price points and favourable
consumer financing options.
This information is provided by RNS
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