Rank Group PLC Directorate Change (2110I)

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RNS Number : 2110I

Rank Group PLC

10 December 2020

10 December 2020

The Rank Group Plc

LEI: 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12

Directorate changes

The Rank Group Plc ("Rank" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Mr. Chew Seong Aun as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Alex Thursby, Rank's chairman, said "I am pleased to welcome Seong Aun to the Rank board. Seong Aun brings a wealth of financial and commercial experience to the board and will be able to further enhance the good communication established between Rank and its major shareholder."

Further to the announcement made on 8 December 2020, Mr. Tang Hong Cheong will be retiring from the board with immediate effect.

Biography of Mr. Chew Seong Aun

Chew Seong Aun is Executive Director and the Group Chief Financial Officer of Guoco Group Limited ("GGL"). He joined Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad ("HLFG"), GGL's associated company listed on Bursa Malaysia, as Chief Financial Officer in 2006. Seong Aun has been the Chairman of the Investment Committee of Hong Leong Asset Management Berhad ("HLAM"), a subsidiary of HLFG, since 2013 and Chairman of HLAM's Board since 2017. Prior to joining the Hong Leong Group, Seong Aun held various senior banking positions in the UK and Asia. He was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer of GGL on 1 November 2020.

Seong Aun obtained a Bachelor of Science (Eng) degree in Civil Engineering (Honours) from Imperial College, University of London and is an ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA). He is also a Chartered Banker of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers in Malaysia. He has more than 30 years' experience in finance and banking.

Seong Aun holds and/or has held the following directorships in other publicly quoted companies in the past five years:

 
                                    Company 
            Company                 Name                     Position               From                To                   Listing 
            EC-15590                Guoco Group              Executive              19 Nov              Present              Main Board of 
                                     Limited                  Director               2020                                    The Stock Exchange 
                                                                                                                             of Hong Kong Limited 
             (Bermuda) 
                        -----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------  -------------------  -------------------------------- 
 EC-27568                           GL Limited               Executive              1 Jan    N/A                             Main Board of 
                                                              Director              2021                                      Singapore Exchange 
                                                                                                                              Securities Trading 
                                                                                                                              Limited 
                        -----------------------  ---------------------  ------------------  -------------------  -------------------------------- 
 

There is no further information which would require disclosure under 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

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Contacts:

 
 The Rank Group Plc 
 Sarah Powell - investor relations   Tel: [phone] 
 
 FTI Consulting LLP (PR adviser 
  to Rank) 
 Edward Bridges                      Tel: [phone] 
 Alex Beagley                        Tel: [phone] 
 

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