Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 4194E

Bodycote PLC

11 March 2022

 



11 March 2022

Bodycote plc

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Bodycote plc is pleased to announce that it has appointed Cynthia Gordon as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 June 2022.  She will become a member of the Remuneration, Nomination and Audit committees of the Board.

Cynthia Gordon is an experienced international public company Chair and Non-Executive Director.  She has more than 20 years of experience in the telecoms and digital industries and is a marketeer by background.  Cynthia is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of Frankfurt-listed Global Fashion Group (e-commerce fashion retailer) and a Non-Executive Director of Paris-listed Eutelsat Communications SA (global satellite operator).

Cynthia Gordon, a graduate in Business Studies from the University of Brighton, began her career at Unilever, before moving to Lloyds Bank.  She spent 10 years at Orange - France Telecom, where she held the positions of VP Business Marketing and VP Partnerships & Emerging Markets.  She was also Group Chief Commercial Officer at Ooredoo Group, operating across MENA and Asia, and also former CEO of Millicom Africa, a telecom and media company with over 51 million customers in Africa and Latin America.  She has also been a Board Member of Kinnevik AB.

Daniel Dayan, Chair of Bodycote, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Cynthia as a new Board member.  We expect her marketing and international experience to be most valuable and we look forward to working with her."

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About Bodycote

With more than 165 accredited facilities in 22 countries, Bodycote is the world's largest provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services. Bodycote improves the properties of metals and alloys for a wide range of manufacturing industries. Customers in these industries have entrusted their products to Bodycote's care for more than 30 years. For more information, visit

www.bodycote.com .

Notes

A full list of Cynthia's current and past Directorships is below :

Current Directorships

Global Fashion Group SA (2017 - to date)

Eutelsat Communications SA (2019 - to date)

Past Non-Executive Directorships

Baypoint Financial Services (2017 - 2021)

Tele2 AB (2016 - 2021)

BIMA Mobile (2017 - 2020)

Kinnevik AB (2017 - 2018)

PT Indosat Tbk (2012 - 2016)

9.6.11R and 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority

This notice is given in fulfilment of the obligation under paragraph 9.6.11R of the Listing Rules. There are no further details that are required to be disclosed in respect of Cynthia Gordon's appointment under paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

Bodycote plc is pleased to announce that it has appointed Cynthia Gordon

 

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