Royal Mail PLC Directorate Change (0335N)
20 September 2019 - 4:01PM
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Royal Mail PLC
20 September 2019
Royal Mail plc
(Incorporated in England and
Wales)
Company Number: 8680755
LSE Share Code: RMG
ISIN: GB00BDVZYZ77
LEI: 213800TCZZU84G8Z2M70
Appointment of a Non-Executive Director
Royal Mail plc (the Company) is pleased to announce that Lynne
Peacock has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the
Company, to take effect from 1 November 2019. Lynne will also take
over the role as Chair of the Remuneration Committee from Simon
Thompson, who assumed the role on an interim basis on 18 July
2019.
Lynne has over 20 years' experience as an Executive and
Non-Executive Director both in the financial services and
non-financial services sectors. This includes as Chief Executive
Officer of Woolwich Plc and Chief Executive Officer of National
Australia Bank Europe Limited (NAB). She has been involved in a
variety of successful transactions including an IPO and FTSE 100
listing, the sale of the Woolwich plc to Barclays and the
disinvestment of NAB's Irish operations.
Prior to moving into financial services, Lynne held positions
with Unilever plc and Tate and Lyle plc. She was previously a
Non-Executive Director at Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Scottish
Water and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group. Lynne is currently the
Senior Independent Director of Nationwide Building Society and a
Non-Executive Director of Serco Group plc where she chairs the
Remuneration Committee.
Lynne's appointment is a further step in refreshing and
strengthening the Board. She is the fourth Non-Executive Director
appointed to the Board since May 2019.
Lynne Peacock said: "I am very pleased to be joining the Board
of Royal Mail plc. I look forward to working with Keith Williams,
the Board and management in such an iconic British company."
Keith Williams said: "I am delighted to welcome someone of
Lynne's calibre and experience to the Board. Lynne has had a
distinguished career, including in regulated industries undergoing
extensive transformation. I have no doubt that Royal Mail will
benefit greatly from her experience."
There are no other disclosures to be made under Listing Rule
9.6.13.
Royal Mail plc
Company Secretariat:
Mark Amsden
Phone: 020 7449 8289
Email: cosec@royalmail.com
Investor Relations
Catherine Nash
Phone: 020 7449 8183
Email: investorrelations@royalmail.com
Media Relations
Beth Longcroft
Phone: 07435 768 549
Email: beth.longcroft@royalmail.com
Out of hours press office: 020
7449 8246
About Royal Mail plc
Royal Mail plc is the parent company of Royal Mail Group Limited,
the leading provider of postal and delivery services in the
UK and the UK's designated universal postal service provider.
UK Parcels, International & Letters (UKPIL) comprises the company's
UK and international parcels and letters delivery businesses
operating under the "Royal Mail" and "Parcelforce Worldwide"
brands. Through the Royal Mail Core Network, the company delivers
a range of parcels and letters products, including the one-price-goes-anywhere
Universal Service products. Royal Mail has the capability to
deliver to more than 30 million addresses in the UK, six days
a week (excluding UK public holidays). Parcelforce Worldwide
operates a separate UK network which collects and delivers
express parcels. Royal Mail also owns General Logistics Systems
(GLS) which covers 41 countries and nation states in Europe,
eight states in the Western U.S. and in Canada. GLS operates
one of the largest ground-based, deferred parcel delivery networks
in Europe.
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