Go-Ahead Group PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (2202W)
20 December 2021 - 11:05PM
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Go-Ahead Group PLC
20 December 2021
THE GO-AHEAD GROUP PLC
("GO-AHEAD" or " THE GROUP")
APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Go-Ahead is pleased to announce the appointment of David
Blackwood as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior
Independent Director Designate with effect from 1 January 2022.
This appointment is made following a thorough external recruitment
process and reflects the Board's succession planning, with Adrian
Ewer, the current Senior Independent Director, reaching a nine year
term in April 2022.
Upon appointment, David will become a member of the Audit,
Remuneration and Nomination Committees and it is anticipated that
he will become Senior Independent Director following the General
Meeting which will take place after the publication of the Annual
Report and Accounts 2021.
David Blackwood has extensive business and listed company
experience, notably in Finance, Audit and Risk. He is currently
Non-Executive Chair of Smiths News plc, where he is also Chair of
the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration
Committee. He is the Deputy Chairman, Audit Committee Chair and
Senior Independent Director of FTSE SmallCap Esken Limited
(previously Stobart Group Limited) and member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committees.
David has previously been Audit Committee Chair and Senior
Independent Director of Scapa plc and Dignity plc, where he also
served on the Nomination and Remuneration Committees in respect of
both. David was formerly Chief Financial Officer of Synthomer plc,
prior to which he was Group Treasurer and Group Financial
Controller at Imperial Chemical Industries plc (ICI). David has
previously served as a member of the Cabinet Office Audit and Risk
Committee and on the Board for Actuarial Standards. He is a member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
(ICAEW) and a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers
(ACT).
Clare Hollingsworth, The Go-Ahead Group plc Chair, said:
"We are delighted to welcome David to the Board of Go-Ahead. He
brings a breadth of financial, City and international experience,
in addition to a commercial mindset. With the recent announcement
of Dominic Lavelle as Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit
Committee Chair Designate to the Board from 1 January 2022, David's
appointment will even further enrich the collective expertise of
the Board."
David Blackwood added:
"I am delighted to be joining Go-Ahead. Public transport has a
major role to play in supporting society and in delivering the UK's
long term sustainability targets. Go-Ahead is a well established
successful business in the sector, with a leading and well
developed sustainability agenda, and I am very much looking forward
to being involved"
There is no further information required to be disclosed
pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R.
For further information, please contact:
Media - Andrew Clark, Go-Ahead 07977 343 846
Investors Relations - Holly Gillis, Citigate
Dewe Rogerson 07940 797 560
Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead is a leading public transport operator, connecting
communities through bus and rail services. Our purpose is to be the
local partner taking care of journeys that enhance the lives and
wellbeing of our communities across the world.
We employ more than 27,000 people across our bus and rail
businesses in the UK, Singapore, Ireland, Norway and Germany. In
addition to the travelling public, our customers include
governments and local authorities. We are committed to tackling
climate change, poor air quality and social isolation.
Bus
Go-Ahead is one of the UK's largest bus operators. We run a
fleet of more than 6,000 buses across England and run a quarter of
London's buses for Transport for London. Outside London, we serve
high-density commuter markets in the North East, Greater
Manchester, East Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, East Anglia, the South
East and the South West of England. We also operate a bus contract
in Singapore and two bus contracts in Ireland.
Rail
We operate rail franchises in the UK, Germany and Norway. In the
UK, we run the country's largest passenger franchise, GTR
(Southern, Gatwick Express, Great Northern and Thameslink). This is
managed through our 65 per cent owned subsidiary Govia, which is 35
per cent owned by Keolis. In Germany and Norway, our contracts are
run exclusively by Go-Ahead.
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