Shire plc Shire Plc : Directorate Change
09 December 2017 - 3:30AM
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Chief Financial Officer update
December 8, 2017 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG), the global
biotech leader in rare diseases, announced on August 21, 2017, that Jeff
Poulton, Chief Financial Officer, would leave Shire at the end of the
year. On November 20, 2017, Shire announced that Thomas Dittrich will
join the company as Chief Financial Officer in early 2018.
Shire today announces that Jeff Poulton will leave on December 31, 2017,
and John Miller, Shire's Senior Vice President of Finance, will be
appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer with effect from January 1,
2018, until Mr. Dittrich commences his employment with Shire.
Mr. Miller joined Shire in 2004 and, in addition to his current role in
which he has served since March 2015, has served in a number of
positions including, in the past five years, as Vice President of
Finance, Neuroscience from June 2010 to March 2015.
For further information please contact:
Investor Relations
Ian Karp ikarp@shire.com +1 781 482 9018
Robert Coates rcoates@shire.com +44 203 549 0874
Media
Lisa Adler lisa.adler@shire.com +1 617 588 8607
Katie Joyce kjoyce@shire.com +1 781 482 2779
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Shire
Shire is the global leader in serving patients with rare diseases. We
strive to develop best-in-class therapies across a core of rare disease
areas including hematology, immunology, genetic diseases, neuroscience,
and internal medicine with growing therapeutic areas in ophthalmics and
oncology. Our diversified capabilities enable us to reach patients in
more than 100 countries who are struggling to live their lives to the
fullest.
We feel a strong sense of urgency to address unmet medical needs and
work tirelessly to improve people's lives with medicines that have a
meaningful impact on patients and all who support them on their journey.
www.shire.com
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of Nasdaq Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information
contained therein.
Source: Shire plc via Globenewswire
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