Weir Group PLC Directorate Change (1001R)
24 Octobre 2023 - 9:39AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 1001R
Weir Group PLC
24 October 2023
Changes to Board of Directors
The Weir Group PLC ("Weir" or "Weir Group") announces that
Penelope (Penny) Freer has been appointed to the Board as an
independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 23 October
2023. Penny will succeed Clare Chapman as Chair of the Remuneration
Committee with effect from 31 December 2023, when Clare will step
down from the Board.
Penny has a background in investment banking, having worked for
over 25 years in a range of roles. From 2000 to 2004 Penny led
Robert W Baird's UK equities division and prior to this she spent
eight years at Credit Lyonnais Securities where she headed the
small and mid-cap equities business.
Penny is Chair of The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment
Trust plc and Empresaria Group PLC, as well as Chair of AP Ventures
LLP. Penny is also currently Chair of Crown Place VCT Plc, and will
be stepping down from this role on 22 November 2023 following the
company's annual general meeting. Penny has also held a number of
non-executive director roles in both public and private companies,
including as Senior Independent Director and Chair of the
Remuneration Committee at Advanced Medical Solutions Group PLC.
Commenting, Barbara Jeremiah, Chair of the Weir Group said:
"I am delighted to welcome Penny to the Board of Weir. Penny's
extensive investment experience, as well as her wide-ranging
leadership skills across many businesses, both complement and
strengthen our Board as we continue to execute our strategy.
I also wish to thank Clare for her significant contribution to
the Weir Group, and the work of the Board, over her six years with
us. Her leadership as Remuneration Committee Chair was instrumental
in the adoption of The Weir Group Share Reward Plan. On behalf of
the Company and the Board, we wish Clare all the best for the
future."
Board Committee composition
Following Penny's appointment, the Board Committee membership is
now as follows:
Audit Committee Nomination Committee Remuneration Committee
Stephen Young (Committee Barbara Jeremiah (Board Clare Chapman (Committee
Chair) Chair and Committee Chair)
Chair)
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Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan Dame Nicola Brewer Penny Freer (Committee
Chair Designate)
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Tracey Kerr Sir Jim McDonald Dame Nicola Brewer
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Ben Magara Ben Magara
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Stephen Young
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There are no other matters that require disclosure under LR
9.6.13 of the UK Listing Rules.
Enquiries:
Investors: Edward Pears +44 (0) 141 308 3725
Media: Sally Jones +44 (0) 141 308 3666
Citigate Dewe Rogerson: +44 (0) 207 638 9571
Kevin Smith Weir@citigatedewerogerson.com
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About The Weir Group PLC
Founded in 1871, The Weir Group PLC is one of the world's
leading engineering businesses with a purpose to make its mining
and infrastructure customers' operations more sustainable and
efficient. Weir's highly engineered technology enables critical
resources to be produced using less energy, water and waste while
reducing customers' total cost of ownership. The Group is ideally
positioned to benefit from structural trends that support long-term
demand for its technology including the need for more essential
metals to support economic development and carbon transition. The
Group has c.12,000 employees operating in over 60 countries with a
presence in every major mining region of the world. Find out more
at www.global.weir.
Weir's ordinary shares trade on the London Stock Exchange
(ticker: WEIR LN) and its American Depositary Receipts trade
over-the-counter in the USA (ticker: WEGRY).
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