Directorate Change

Clarkson PLC
10 October 2006


 

                                  CLARKSON PLC                                  

                                                                               

10 October 2006

  

Board Appointment

  
The Board of Clarkson PLC ('Clarksons'), the shipping services group, announces
that Mr. Jeff Woyda will join Clarksons as an Executive Director on 1 November
2006. Jeff will work with Mr. Rob Ward, the current Finance Director until Rob's
retirement on 31 December 2006 and will assume the responsibilities of Finance
Director thereafter.

 
Jeff Woyda joins Clarksons from Immersive Education Limited where he is
currently Chief Operating Officer. He was previously Finance Director and Chief
Operating Officer of Membertrack Limited, and Chief Operating Officer of the GNI
Group - a division of the Gerrard Group PLC. He qualified as a Chartered
Accountant with KPMG.


Tim Harris, Chairman, said:

 
'Jeff joins a board overseeing a company, which is rapidly evolving into a more
broadly based shipping service provider. We are delighted that he is keen to
take on this challenge and we believe that he is ideally equipped to help us.
His tasks will include taking the company further down its increasingly diverse
path towards our goal of being the world's leading freight services and also
financial services provider dedicated to serving the shipping industry.'

 
No further information falls to be disclosed under LR 9.6.13R of the Listing
Rules.
 

For further information contact:

 
Mr Richard Fulford-Smith, Chief Executive Officer    020 7334 0000
Mr. Rob Ward, Finance Director                       020 7334 0000

 

Notes to editors

 

Background to Clarkson PLC

 

Clarkson PLC (which is listed on the London Stock Exchange) is acknowledged as
the world's leading shipping services group. Through its unrivalled and
extensive global network of offices it is able to give its clients unique access
to a wide range of shipping services. Clarksons covers shipbroking, research,
publications, derivatives and logistics. Clarksons' strategy is to expand and
develop the group around these key activities.

 

For further information on Clarkson PLC, please visit the company's website at
www.clarksons.com

 

 



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