Directorate Change

RNS Number : 6184F

Galliford Try PLC

19 June 2012

 



DIRECTORATE CHANGE

19 JUNE 2012

GALLIFORD TRY PLC

GRAHAM PROTHERO APPOINTED GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR

Galliford Try plc, the housebuilding and construction Group, has appointed Graham Prothero to join the Board of Directors as Group Finance Director and he will join the Company following handover at his current business.  As previously announced in November 2011 the current Group Finance Director, Frank Nelson, will retire from the Board at the end of September 2012 when he will have completed 25 years of service.

Graham Prothero joins Galliford Try from Development Securities PLC, a property developer and investor in the UK where he has been Finance Director since November 2008.  Graham is a director of Development Securities PLC and Development Securities (Investments) PLC.  From 2001 until 2008 Graham was a partner with Ernst & Young.  Graham is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has previously held positions as Finance Director at Blue Circle Properties and Taylor Woodrow's UK Housebuilding.

Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Galliford Try commented:

"I am delighted that Graham is joining us as Group Finance Director.  Graham has considerable financial experience in the property and housebuilding sectors and accordingly he will be a valuable asset to the Group as we continue to further develop the business.  I would also like to express my sincere thanks to Frank Nelson on his significant contribution to the Group over the last 25 years."

A further announcement concerning the date of Graham Prothero's joining the Board will be made in due course.

There is no other information to be disclosed under Paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules.

For further enquiries, please contact:

Galliford Try                               Greg Fitzgerald, Chief Executive              01895 855001

                                                Kevin Corbett, Group Legal Director

& Company Secretary

Tulchan Communications            Christian Cowley                                    020 7353 4200

                                                James Macey White

 

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