G4S PLC G4s Plc Uk Dk : Directorate Change

 
TIDMGFS 
 
 
   8 December 2017 
 
   G4S PLC 
 
   CHANGES TO BOARD AND BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP 
 
   G4S plc, the leading global, integrated security company, today 
announces the following changes: 
 
   John Ramsay to join the board as a non-executive director 
 
   John Ramsay will join the board as a non-executive director with effect 
from 1 January 2018. Upon appointment, Mr Ramsay will also become 
chairman of the board's Audit Committee (taking over from Paul Spence) 
and a member of the CSR Committee. 
 
   Commenting on the new appointment, John Connolly, G4S chairman, said: 
 
   "I am delighted to welcome John Ramsay to the board of G4S. His 
experience in highly international, innovation-focused businesses and 
his extensive background in finance and accounting will be very valuable 
to our board and in leading our Audit Committee." 
 
   Biography: 
 
   John Ramsay 
 
   John Ramsay served as the Chief Financial Officer of Syngenta AG from 
2007 to 2016 and was also Interim Chief Executive Officer from October 
2015 to June 2016. Prior to this, John served as Group Financial 
Controller of Syngenta from 2000 to 2007 and as the Finance Head Asia 
Pacific for Zeneca Agrochemicals from 1993 to 1999. Earlier in his 
career he was Financial Controller of ICI Malaysia and Regional 
Controller for Latin America. Before joining ICI in 1984, he worked in 
audit and tax at KPMG.   John has been a member of the supervisory board 
at Koninklijke DSM N.V. since May 2017, and a member of the board of RHI 
Magnesita N.V. since October 2017. He is a chartered accountant and also 
holds an honours degree in accounting. 
 
   No further information is required to be disclosed under paragraph 
9.6.13R of the Listing Rules. 
 
   Clare Spottiswoode to retire from the board after the company's 2018 AGM 
 
   The company further announces that Clare Spottiswoode, a non-executive 
director, who joined the board in June 2010, has informed the company's 
board of her intention to retire from the board at the conclusion of the 
company's 2018 Annual General Meeting. 
 
   John Connolly, chairman of the board, said: "Clare has contributed much 
to the board and to the board's CSR and Remuneration Committees during 
her time with the company and I am very grateful for all that she has 
done.  The Nomination Committee is in the process of seeking a candidate 
for a new non-executive director role." 
 
   Changes to board committee membership 
 
   The company announces the following changes with effect from 1 January 
2018: 
 
   John Ramsay will become chairman of the Audit Committee, succeeding Paul 
Spence who will remain a member of the Audit Committee. 
 
   Winnie Fok will stand down from the Audit Committee. 
 
   John Ramsay will join the CSR Committee. 
 
   Steve Mogford will join the Risk Committee. 
 
   As a result of these changes, the membership of these committees will be 
as follows: 
 
 
 
 
Nomination      Audit Committee  Risk Committee  Remuneration    CSR 
Committee                                        Committee        Committee 
John Connolly   John Ramsay      Paul Spence     John Daly       Clare 
 (chair)         (chair)          (chair)         (chair)         Spottiswoode 
                                                                  (chair) 
Steve Mogford   John Daly        Ashley Almanza  Winnie Fok      Winnie Fok 
Barbara         Steve Mogford    John Connolly   Clare           John Ramsay 
 Thoralfsson                                      Spottiswoode 
                Paul Spence      Steve Mogford   Barbara         Paul Spence 
                                                  Thoralfsson 
                                 Tim Weller 
 
 
   For further enquiries, please contact: 
 
   Helen Parris - Director of Investor Relations [phone] 
 
   Sophie McMillan - Business Media Manager [phone] 
 
   Notes to Editors: 
 
   G4S is the leading global, integrated security company, specialising in 
the provision of security services and solutions to customers. Our 
mission is to create material, sustainable value for our customers and 
shareholders by being the supply partner of choice in all our markets. 
 
   G4S is quoted on the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary stock 
exchange listing in Copenhagen. G4S is active in around 100 countries 
and has over 575,000 employees. For more information on G4S, visit 
www.g4s.com. 
 
   This announcement is distributed by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions on behalf 
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: G4S plc UK DK via Globenewswire 
 
 
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