Directorate Change

RNS Number : 2983T

Compass Group PLC

16 July 2015

 

COMPASS GROUP PLC

(The "Company")

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Ireena Vittal and Nelson Luiz Costa Silva as Non-executive Directors of the Company with effect from 16 July 2015. The appointments form part of an ongoing review of Board membership to ensure that an appropriate number of independent Non-executive Directors is maintained through orderly succession and without compromising the effectiveness of the Board and its committees. 

Ireena joined Nestlé in India after completing her MBA in 1990 and was the head of marketing and sales at Hutchinson Max Telecom before joining Mckinsey & Company, where she was a partner. After retiring from McKinsey & Company in 2012 Ireena joined the boards of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (from which she stepped down in 2014), Titan Company, Tata Industries/Global Beverages, the Indian Hotels Company, WIPRO, Godrej Consumer Products, Axis Bank and Zomato, in each case as an independent Non-executive director. Ireena is an Indian national and will bring to the Board a wealth of experience including that of working in India which is an important fast growing and emerging market for Compass.

Nelson joined BG Group in 2009, where he is currently Senior Vice President responsible for Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay. Previously he was President of the Aluminium business unit at BHP Billiton, based in the UK. Prior to joining BHP Billiton, he held a number of senior positions at Vale, including Sales and Marketing Director based in Belgium, Japan and Brazil. Nelson was also Managing Director of Embraer for Europe and Africa based in France and Chief Executive Officer of All Logistica in Argentina. Nelson is a Brazilian national and will bring to the Board 40 years of international experience in mining, logistics, aluminium and oil and gas industries. 

Sir Ian Robinson's 9 year term of appointment will come to an end on 30 November 2015. Sir Ian has agreed to remain on the Board until the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2016 (which is expected to take place on 4 February 2016) at which meeting he will not seek re-election and will retire. Don Robert will become the Senior Independent Director from 1 October 2015 in succession to Sir Ian.

There are no matters which require disclosure in respect of either Mrs Ireena Vittal or Mr Luiz Costa Silva in accordance with LR 9.6.13 (2) to (6), who will both join the Audit, Corporate Responsibility, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

ENDS

Enquiries:

Compass Group PLC

[phone]

Investors/Analysts:         Mark J White, General Counsel & Company Secretary

                                         Sandra Moura, Head of Investor Relations

Note to Editors

Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company, which generated annual revenues of £17.1 billion in the year to 30 September 2014.  It operates in over 50 countries, employs over 500,000 people and serves over 4 billion meals every year.  The Company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Defence, Offshore & Remote, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio.

 

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