2 May 2024
ProCook
Group plc
Board
Changes
ProCook Group plc ("ProCook" or "the
Group"), the UK's leading direct-to-consumer specialist kitchenware
brand, announces that Luke Kingsnorth has informed the Board of his
intention to step down as a Non-Executive Director of the Group and
Chair of the Remuneration Committee, to focus on other professional
commitments, with effect from 25 June 2024. The Board is pleased to
announce that Meg Lustman will be appointed a Non-Executive
Director on the same date and will assume the role of Chair of the
Remuneration Committee, and member of the Nomination Committee and
the Audit and Risk Committee.
Meg has over 35 years of retail
experience, and was previously CEO of British affordable luxury
brand, Hobbs. Prior to this, she held senior positions at many of
the UK's leading fashion retailers including John Lewis, Warehouse,
and Aurora/Mosaic Fashions.
Meg is currently a non-executive
director of N Brown Group plc and Chair of its Remuneration
Committee and interim Chair of the Nominations and Governance
Committee. She also serves as Vice Chair of Court and Chair
of the Remuneration Committee at Glasgow Caledonian University and
is Chair of St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent).
Greg Hodder, Chair, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Meg to
the ProCook Board, as she brings a wealth of retail experience,
having led the UK and international growth of some of the UK's
best-known retailers. This will be invaluable to the business as we
continue to build on the growing momentum in our
performance."
"In addition, I would like to thank
Luke for the consistently high quality of his contribution to the
Board during his time with us, since our IPO."
For further information please
contact:
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ProCook Group plc
Lee Tappenden, Chief Executive
Officer
Dan Walden, Chief Financial
Officer
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investor.relations@procook.co.uk
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MHP Group (Financial PR Adviser)
Katie
Hunt
Catherine Chapman
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procook@mhpgroup.com
Tel: +44 (0)7711 191 518
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Notes to editors:
ProCook is the UK's leading
direct-to-consumer specialist kitchenware brand. ProCook offers a
direct-to-consumer proposition, designing, developing and retailing
a high-quality range of cookware, kitchenware and tableware which
provides customers with significant value for money.
The brand sells directly through its
website, www.procook.co.uk, and through its 58 own-brand
retail stores, conveniently located across the UK.
Founded over 25 years ago as a
family business, selling cookware sets by direct mail in the UK,
ProCook has grown into a market leading, multi-channel specialist
kitchenware company, employing over 600 colleagues and operating
from its Store Support Centre in Gloucester.
ProCook has been listed on the
London Stock Exchange since November 2021 (PROC.L).
