Safestore Holdings plc Directorate Changes and Committee Composition (0085M)
19 May 2022 - 2:25AM
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Safestore Holdings plc
18 May 2022
Safestore Holdings plc
("Safestore" or the "Company")
Directorate Changes and Committee Composition
18 May 2022
Safestore Holdings plc announces the following directorate
changes:
Resignation of Non-Executive Director
Further to the Company's announcement on 16 March 2022, Claire
Balmforth will resign as a Non-Executive Director and as Chair of
the Remuneration Committee with effect from 31 May 2022.
Non-Executive Director appointment
Safestore is pleased to announce that Jane Bentall has been
appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director with effect from
18 May 2022.
Jane has extensive experience and understanding of operating
multisite, consumer-led businesses. Most recently, Jane was
Managing Director of Haven, the UK holiday parks chain and largest
business division of Bourne Leisure. Prior to becoming Managing
Director of Haven, she was the Group Chief Financial Officer for 12
years and previously spent six years as Operations Director. In her
career she has also held senior financial roles at the Rank Group,
the UK gambling group.
Jane is a director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of
Oakman Inns plc, a consultant for Blackstone and a member of
Pilotlight.
Jane is an ACA qualified accountant and a fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Committee Composition
Jane has been appointed as a member of the Audit and
Remuneration Committees with effect from 18 May 2022.
Laure Duhot will be appointed as Chair of the Remuneration
Committee and will step down as a member of the Audit Committee
with effect from 1 June 2022.
David Hearn, Chairman, commented:
" Claire has served the business outstandingly throughout the
last six years and both personally and on behalf of the Board I
would like to thank her for her significant contribution and wish
her well for the future.
I am delighted to welcome Jane onto the Board. As an established
business leader, she brings extensive financial, operational and
strategic experience in managing multisite businesses, which will
be highly valuable to Safestore as the business continues to expand
."
There is no additional information required to be disclosed
pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 in relation to the appointment of
Jane Bentall
Enquiries
Safestore Holdings plc 020 8732 1500
Frederic Vecchioli, Chief Executive Officer
Andy Jones, Chief Financial Officer
www.safestore.com
Instinctif Partners 020 7457 2020
Guy Scarborough
Bryn Woodward
Notes to editors:
-- Safestore is the UK's largest self-storage group with 178
stores at 30 April 2022, comprising 130 wholly owned stores in the
UK (including 72 in London and the South East with the remainder in
key metropolitan areas such as Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow,
Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle and Bristol), 29
wholly owned stores in the Paris region, 4 stores in Barcelona, 9
stores in the Netherlands and 6 stores in Belgium.
-- Safestore operates more self-storage sites inside the M25 and
in central Paris than any competitor providing more proximity to
customers in the wealthiest and more densely populated UK and
French markets.
Safestore was founded in the UK in 1998. It acquired the French
business "Une Pièce en Plus" ("UPP") in 2004 which was founded in
1998 by the current Safestore Group CEO Frederic Vecchioli.
-- Safestore has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since
2007. It entered the FTSE 250 index in October 2015.
-- The Group provides storage to around 90,000 personal and business customers.
-- As at 30 April 2022, Safestore had a maximum lettable area
("MLA") of 7.667 million sq ft (excluding the expansion pipeline
stores) of which 6.186 million sq ft was occupied.
-- Safestore employs around 750 people in the UK, Paris and
Barcelona, the Netherlands and Belgium.
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