Board Changes

RNS Number : 8933A

National Express Group PLC

25 February 2014

 



RNS

National Express Group PLC

Board Changes

25 February 2014

National Express Group PLC ("National Express" or "The Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Kingston as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 26 February 2014.

Jane will join both the Company's Remuneration Committee and Safety and Environment Committee from 26 February 2014.

Jane is currently Group Human Resources Director at Compass Group PLC and was previously Group Human Resources Director at BPB PLC. Prior to this Jane has worked in a variety of sectors including roles in Blue Circle Industries PLC, Enodis PLC and Coats Viyella PLC.

Sir Andrew Foster has agreed to remain a director until the 2015 Annual General Meeting, when he will not seek re-election.

Sir John Armitt, National Express Group Chairman, commented: "I am delighted to welcome Jane to the Board. Jane will provide useful experience and insight having worked for companies across a range of different industries, many of which have a large and international workforce like National Express.

"I would also like to thank Sir Andrew for agreeing to remain on the Board until our AGM in 2015. I greatly appreciate and value Sir Andrew's support and advice and welcome his decision to remain a director for another year."

There are no disclosures required for the purposes of Listing Rule 9.6.13.

Enquiries:

National Express Group PLC

Stuart Morgan, Head of Investor Relations                                                     0121 460 8658

Anthony Vigor, Director of Policy and External Affairs                                    07767 425 822

Maitland  

Rebecca Mitchell                                                                                            020 7379 5151

Notes to Editors

Jane Kingston

Nationality: British

Education: University of Hull, 1978, BA, Geography & History

Career Summary

2006 - Present                       Compass Group PLC, Group Human Resources Director

2002 - 2006                            BPB PLC, Group Human Resources Director

2001 - 2002                            Caradon Plumbing, Human Resources Director

2000 - 2001                            Enodis PLC, Group Head of Human Resources

1992 - 2000                            Blue Circle Industries PLC

1999 - 2000                            Human Resources Director International Operations

1995 - 1999                            Human Resources Director, Blue Circle Heating Division

1992 - 1995                            Human Resources Director, Sales, Potterton Myson

1982 - 1992                            Coats Viyella PLC

Personnel Executive, Menswear

Personnel Manager Van Heusen

1979 - 1982                            BL Cars, Employee Relations Officer

Sir Andrew Foster

Sir Andrew joined the Board on 1 August 2004 and is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination, Audit and Safety & Environment Committees.

National Express Group

More than 800m journeys a year are made worldwide on our train, bus, light rail and express coach operations. We operate services in the UK, North America, Spain, Germany and Morocco. We employ 42,000 employees.

National Express operates c2c, the award-winning train operator, which runs services in East London and South Essex, serving 26 stations. c2c is delivering the best performance in the UK rail industry, holding the UK records for annual punctuality (97.5%) and 4-weekly punctuality (98.8%) by a franchised train operator. Customer satisfaction with c2c services measured 92% in the latest National Passenger Survey. 

 

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