Wood Group (John)PLC Directorate Change

 
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John Wood Group PLC 
 
LEI:  549300PLYY6I10B6S323 
 
Director change 
 
John Wood Group PLC ("Wood") announces the following board changes. 
 
Nigel Mills will join Wood as a non-executive director with effect from May 1, 
2020. 
 
Nigel, who was appointed following an external recruitment process, is 
currently Senior Independent Director of Persimmon plc and, until the end of 
April, a Senior Adviser at Citigroup Global Markets. He was previously Chairman 
of Corporate Broking at Citi between 2005-2015 and Chief Executive at Hoare 
Govett 
between 1995-2005. 
 
There are no other details which require to be disclosed under the Listing 
Rules LR 9.6.13 and Nigel does not have any interest in the shares of Wood. 
 
Jeremy Wilson will resign as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the 
Remuneration Committee upon conclusion of the Company's forthcoming Annual 
General Meeting and does not intend to stand for re-election at that meeting. 
Jeremy has been a director of Wood since August 2011 and his resignation is in 
line with the principles of the UK Corporate Governance Code regarding the 
tenure of independent directors. 
 
Upon Jeremy's resignation, Jacqui Ferguson will be appointed as Chair of the 
Remuneration Committee and Nigel Mills will be appointed Senior Independent 
Director. 
 
Roy Franklin, Chair of Wood's board, said "I am delighted to welcome Nigel to 
the board. His extensive financial, commercial and investor relations 
experience in advising some of the UK's largest companies across a broad range 
of end markets will strengthen the board following his appointment." 
 
"I would like to personally thank Jeremy for his dedication to Wood over the 
past nine years. His support to the board and particularly his knowledge of 
capital markets has been invaluable, helping to guide Wood through a period of 
significant development." 
 
Notification authorised by: 
 
Martin J McIntyre, 
 
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary 
 
 
 
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

April 03, 2020 02:00 ET (06:00 GMT)