Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC Directorate Change (0550S)
July 06 2020 - 02:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 0550S
Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets PLC
06 July 2020
6 July 2020
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11, Wm Morrison Supermarkets
PLC (the "Company") announces that Belinda Richards, independent
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee, is to step
down from the Board of the Company in order to take up a new role
as an independent Non-Executive Director of Jupiter Fund Management
PLC.
Belinda will leave the Board following the release of the
Company's Interim Results on 10 September 2020.
The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremy
Townsend as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. From
this date, Jeremy will also be appointed to the Audit, Corporate
Compliance & Responsibility, Nomination and Remuneration
Committees. Jeremy will be appointed as Chair of the Audit
Committee with effect from 10 September 2020.
Jeremy is currently Chief Financial Officer of Rentokil Initial
PLC, a role from which he is due to retire later this year. He was
previously Group Finance Director of Mitchells & Butlers PLC
and prior to that held various senior finance positions at J
Sainsbury PLC. Jeremy started his career at Ernst & Young LLP
and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
England and Wales (ICAEW).
Jeremy is also currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of
the Audit & Risk Committee at PZ Cussons PLC and a
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at
Galliford Try Holdings PLC.
Andrew Higginson, Chairman, said:
"I would like to thank Belinda for her significant contribution
to the Board over the last five years, and to wish her well in her
new role.
I am delighted to welcome Jeremy to Morrisons. He brings
extensive financial and industry experience and is ideally suited
to Chair the Company's Audit Committee."
Belinda Richards said:
"I have very much enjoyed my time at Morrisons and have
reluctantly advised the Board of my decision to leave the Company
in order to pursue a new role with Jupiter."
Jeremy Townsend said:
"I am very much looking forward to joining Morrisons and
contributing to the continued growth and success of this great
British company."
A statement in compliance with section 430(2B) of the Companies
Act 2006 will be made available in due course on the Company's
website at: www.morrisons-corporate.com/investor-centre/ .
Enquiries:
Andrew Kasoulis - Investor Relations 07785 343515
Julian Bailey - Media Relations 07969 061092
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