Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC Board Changes (7996Y)
March 08 2017 - 2:01AM
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Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC
08 March 2017
8 March 2017
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
Board Changes
Appointment of Chairman
Bill Whiteley, having served on the Board of Hill & Smith
Holdings PLC ("Hill & Smith" or "the Company" or "the Group")
for seven years, has informed the Board of his intention to retire
at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting in May
2017.
Following a recruitment process led by Non-executive Director
Annette Kelleher, with the support of Korn Ferry, the international
search consultants, the Company is pleased to announce the
appointment of Jock Lennox as Chairman with effect from the
conclusion of the Group's Annual General Meeting on 11 May 2017.
Jock has been a Non-executive Director of the Group since 2009.
Jock is an experienced Non-executive Director and Audit
Committee Chairman, a position he currently holds at Barratt
Developments plc, a FTSE 100 company, and Dixons Carphone plc. He
is also Chairman of EnQuest plc. He is a Chartered Accountant and
was a senior audit partner at Ernst & Young (now EY). He was a
member of the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Scotland and is Chairman of the Trustees at the Tall Ships Youth
Trust.
Bill Whiteley, Chairman of Hill & Smith, said:
"Over the last seven years Hill & Smith has developed into a
leading international player in its chosen markets and more
recently has entered the FTSE 250. It has been a privilege to be
part of such a successful company and I leave behind a very strong
and entrepreneurial management team. I am delighted that Jock is
succeeding me as Chairman to lead the next stage of the Group's
growth."
Derek Muir, Chief Executive of Hill & Smith, said:
"I would like to thank Bill for his support and leadership
throughout the last seven years, during which the Company has
continued to grow, becoming a FTSE 250 business in June 2016."
Jock Lennox said:
"I am very pleased to be taking on this role. Hill & Smith
has experienced strong growth under Bill's leadership and I feel
privileged to be given this opportunity and look forward to working
with management and the Board as part of Hill & Smith's
exciting future."
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For further information, please contact:
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
Bill Whiteley, Chairman Tel: +44 (0)121 704 7430
MHP Communications
John Olsen/Andrew Leach Tel: +44 (0)20 3128 8100
Notes to Editors
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC is an international group with
leading positions in the design, manufacture and supply of
infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets.
It serves its customers from facilities principally in the UK,
France, USA, Sweden, Norway, India and Australia.
The Group's operations are organised into three main business
segments:
Infrastructure Products - Roads, supplying products and services
such as permanent and temporary road safety barriers, hostile
vehicle mitigation products, street lighting columns, bridge
parapets, temporary car parks, variable road messaging solutions
and traffic data collection systems.
Infrastructure Products - Utilities, supplying products and
services such as pipe supports for the power and liquid natural gas
markets, energy grid components, composite "GRP" railway platforms
and flood prevention barriers, plastic drainage pipes, industrial
flooring, handrails, access covers and security fencing.
Galvanizing Services which provides zinc and other coatings for
a wide range of products including fencing, lighting columns,
structural steel work, bridges, agricultural and other products for
the infrastructure and construction markets.
Headquartered in the UK and quoted on the London Stock Exchange
(LSE: HILS.L), Hill & Smith Holdings PLC employs some 4,150
staff, principally in 7 countries.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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