RWS Holdings PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (5894O)
22 August 2017 - 4:01PM
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RWS Holdings PLC
22 August 2017
For immediate release 22 August 2017
RWS Holdings plc
Board Changes
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
RWS Holdings plc ("RWS", "the Group"), the world's leading
provider of intellectual property support services (patent
translations, international patent filing solutions and searches)
and a leading provider of life sciences and commercial language
services, today announces the appointment of Lara Boro as an
Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 20 September
2017.
Lara (age 50) is currently a Group Managing Director with
Informa, the FTSE 100 global B2B media company, where she heads up
the Life Science, TMT and Transportation businesses within the
Business Intelligence division. Previously, Lara was CEO
International for Ascential Plc (formerly Emap Plc), where she led
the business' international expansion into MENA, China, and Brazil.
She has also held commercial and M&A roles with CPA Global, the
IP services company, and Pearson. Lara also holds an MBA from
INSEAD.
The Group also announces that Peter Mountford, currently
Non-Executive Director, will be stepping down from the Board with
effect from 30 September 2017. Peter has served on the RWS Board
since the IPO in November 2003 and has made a valuable contribution
to the Group and its progress as a listed company.
In light of Peter's departure, David Shrimpton, Senior
Independent Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman, will chair
the Audit Committee. Liz Lucas, Non-Executive Director, will chair
the Remuneration Committee. Lara will join both the Audit and
Remuneration Committees.
Andrew Brode, Chairman of RWS, commented:
"I'm delighted to welcome Lara onto the Group Board. Her
significant experience across IP, information services and life
sciences will be extremely valuable, as will her knowledge of
driving growth across numerous markets, both organically and
through M&A, as we continue to expand our global market
leadership.
"I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Peter for
his tremendous contribution to the Group over the past 13 years.
His input and guidance have been indispensable and we wish him all
the best in his future endeavours."
Lara holds or has held the following directorships in the five
years preceding her appointment at the Company:
Current
None
Previous five years
Popupin Ltd
In relation to Lara Boro's appointment to the Board, there is no
further information required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph
(g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
ENDS
For further information contact:
RWS Holdings plc
Andrew Brode, Chairman
Richard Thompson, Chief
Executive Officer 01753 480200
MHP Communications
Katie Hunt / Simon Hockridge 0203 128 8794
Numis
Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank (Nominated
Adviser) 0207 260
Michael Burke (Corporate Broker) 1000
About RWS:
RWS is the world's leading provider of patent translations and
one of the leading players in the provision of intellectual
property support services and a market leader in life sciences
translations and linguistic validation as well as a high level
specialist language service provider in other technical areas,
providing for the diverse needs of a blue-chip multinational client
base from Europe, North America and Asia. RWS is based in the UK,
with offices in Europe, the USA (New York, Hartford, Colorado, San
Francisco, Boston and Chicago), China, Japan and Australia, and is
listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market
(RWS.L).
For further information, please visit: www.rws.com
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