4 April 2023
Kier Group plc
Directorate change
Kier Group plc (the "Company" or "Kier") announces the appointment of Margaret Hassall as a non-executive director to its board of directors (the "Board"). The appointment will take effect from 5 April 2023. Margaret will be the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, a member of the Environment, Social and Governance Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Risk Management and Audit Committee.
Margaret is currently the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees of A J Bell plc and is a non-executive director of Reassure UK Services Limited. Most recently she served as the Chair of the Remuneration Committee at Tandem Bank and held non-executive director positions with Phoenix Group life companies.
Matthew Lester, Chairman, said: "We are delighted that Margaret has agreed to join the Board. She has broad experience in business operations, technology and change, developed across a range of different industry sectors which will be of great value to Kier. Furthermore, she is an experienced remuneration committee chair who will lead the process and engage with shareholders on our Remuneration Policy update. I look forward to working with Margaret."
No information is required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R.
The Company's Legal Entity Identifier ("LEI") is 2138002RKCU2OM4Y7O48.
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations +44 (0)7933 388 746
Kier press office +44 (0)1767 355 096
Richard Mountain, FTI Consulting +44 (0)203 727 1340
About Kier Group plc
Kier is a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group.
We provide specialist design and build capabilities and the knowledge, skills and intellectual capital of our people ensure we are able to project manage and integrate all aspects of a project.
We take pride in bringing specialist knowledge, sector-leading experience and fresh thinking to create workable solutions for our clients across the country.
Together, we have the scale and breadth of skills of a major company, while retaining a local focus and pride that comes from never being far from our clients, through a network of offices spanning across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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