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FGP Firstgroup Plc

175.50
-12.20 (-6.50%)
18 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Firstgroup Plc LSE:FGP London Ordinary Share GB0003452173 ORD 5P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -12.20 -6.50% 175.50 175.30 175.80 183.00 173.50 182.40 2,252,042 16:35:09
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Local And Suburban Transit 4.92B 87.1M 0.1313 13.37 1.17B

FirstGroup PLC Directorate Change

24/02/2017 11:00am

UK Regulatory


 
TIDMFGP 
 
FIRSTGROUP PLC 
 
                              DIRECTORATE CHANGE 
 
FirstGroup plc (the 'Group'), a leading transport operator in the UK and North 
America, today announces the appointment of Richard Adam as an independent 
Non-Executive Director, and the retirement of Brian Wallace from the Board, 
with effect from 24 February 2017. Richard will succeed Brian as Chair of the 
Audit Committee on the same date. 
 
Richard brings a wealth of financial acumen, M&A and international business 
experience to the Board, having served as Finance Director of private and 
listed businesses for nearly thirty years. From 2007 until retiring in 2016 
Richard was Group Finance Director of Carillion plc, the integrated support 
services and construction business with activities in education, road and rail, 
defence, health, energy and other sectors for government and private clients. 
Prior to this he was Group Finance Director of Associated British Ports 
Holdings plc for seven years. Richard serves as a Non-Executive Director and 
Chair of the Audit Committees of Countryside Properties plc, the FTSE 250 
housebuilder, and of Countrywide plc, the listed residential estate agency and 
property services provider. He was previously Non-Executive Director and Chair 
of the Audit Committee of SSL International plc, and a Non-Executive Director 
of Zattikka plc and Wincanton plc. Richard qualified as a chartered accountant 
with KPMG in 1982. 
 
Commenting on today's announcement, FirstGroup Chairman Wolfhart Hauser said: 
 
"I am delighted to welcome Richard to the Board of FirstGroup. Good governance 
lies at the heart of a successful and sustainable company and I am confident 
that his strong background and long experience in contract-based international 
infrastructure businesses will be of immense value to the Board as we continue 
to improve the Group's returns, resilience and prospects. 
 
"On behalf of the Board and everyone at FirstGroup I would also like to thank 
Brian for his dedication and significant contribution to FirstGroup's progress 
over the last five years. We wish him every success in his future endeavours." 
 
This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R. There are no other 
details required to be disclosed under Listing Rule 9.6.13R. 
 
Contacts at FirstGroup: 
 
Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor Relations 
 
Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Media 
 
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy Company Secretary 
 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354 
 
Contacts at Brunswick PR: 
 
Michael Harrison / Andrew Porter, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 
 
Notes 
 
FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is a leading transport operator in the UK and North 
America. With GBP5.2 billion in revenues and 110,000 employees, we transported 
around 2.2 billion passengers last year. Each of our five divisions is a leader 
in its field: In North America, First Student is the largest provider of 
student transportation with a fleet of around 47,000 yellow school buses, First 
Transit is one of the largest providers of outsourced transit management and 
contracting services, while Greyhound is the only nationwide operator of 
scheduled intercity coach services. In the UK, FirstGroup is one of Britain's 
largest bus operators running a fleet of some 6,200 buses, and we are one of 
the country's most experienced passenger rail operators, carrying around 140 
million passengers last year. 
 
Our vision is to provide solutions for an increasingly congested world... 
keeping people moving and communities prospering. 
 
Visit our website at www.firstgroupplc.com and follow us @firstgroupplc on 
Twitter. 
 
 
 
END 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 24, 2017 06:00 ET (11:00 GMT)

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