Hays PLC Directorate Change (8349K)
12 July 2017 - 6:40PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8349K
Hays PLC
12 July 2017
12 July 2017
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
Hays plc (the Company), the leading global specialist
recruitment company, is pleased to announce that Andy Martin and
Susan Murray joined the Board as independent Non-Executive
Directors on 12 July 2017, and became members of the Audit,
Remuneration and Nomination Committees on appointment.
The Company further announces that Paul Harrison, Senior
Independent Director, and Pippa Wicks, Non-Executive Director, will
not be offering themselves for re-election at the Company's Annual
General Meeting in November 2017 after serving on the Board for ten
years and six years respectively and will step down from the Board
at that time. It is proposed that following the Company's 2017 AGM
Andy Martin will succeed Paul Harrison as Senior Independent
Director and Susan Murray will succeed Paul as Chair of the
Company's Remuneration Committee.
Andy Martin, a Chartered Accountant, was, until 2015, Group
Chief Operating Officer, Europe and Japan, for Compass Group plc,
having previously been their Group Finance Director from 2004 to
2012. Before joining Compass Group, Andy was Group Finance Director
at First Choice Holidays plc and prior to that held a number of
Senior Finance roles at Granada Group plc, having trained as an
accountant at Peat Marwick before moving to Arthur Andersen where
he became a partner.
Since 2011 Andy has been a Non-Executive Director of easyJet
plc, Chairing their IT Governance and Oversight Committee and
Finance Committee, and, since 2016 has been a Non-Executive
Director at Intertek Group plc, and since 2017 has been Chair of
their Audit Committee.
Susan Murray has been a Non-Executive Director of Grafton Group
plc since 2016, where she also chairs their Remuneration Committee.
From 2007 to 2017, Susan served as a Non-Executive Director of
Compass Group plc; and from 2004 to 2014 she was a Non-Executive
Director of Imperial Tobacco Group (now Imperial Brands plc) and
Enterprise Inns (now EI Group plc), chairing the Remuneration
Committee of the latter from 2009 to 2014 and being a member of the
former's Remuneration Committee throughout her tenure.
Previously, Susan has held directorships at Wm Morrison, SSL
International plc, the Advertising Standards Authority and Aberdeen
Asset Management plc. Susan's executive career was spent in
consumer goods and retail, with organisations such as Colgate
Palmolive, Kraft, Duracell and Diageo and, most recently, as CEO of
Littlewoods Stores.
Alan Thomson, Chairman of Hays plc, commenting on the changes to
the Board, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Andy and Susan to our Board. They
have a wealth of experience across an impressive portfolio of
executive and non-executive positions and the Board look forward to
their input in shaping the next chapter of Hays' future.
"In addition, I would like to extend my thanks, and those of the
Board, to Paul and Pippa for their significant contribution to the
Company during their years of service."
The Company confirms that there is no further information about
Andy Martin or Susan Murray requiring disclosure under paragraph
9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing
Authority.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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