Directorate Change

RNS Number : 2794E

Norman Broadbent PLC

05 April 2011

 



                                                                                                                                5 April 2011

Norman Broadbent Plc

("Norman Broadbent" or "the Company")

Directorate Change

Andrew Garner, aged 66, has advised the Company that he wishes to retire from the board of the Company and its subsidiaries at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, which is expected to be held in late May.  To facilitate an orderly transition, he will step down from his position of group chief executive with immediate effect but will maintain a position on the board until the AGM.

He will continue to work for the Company until the end of June and will focus on the development of its physiological assessment, talent audit and executive coaching subsidiary, Human Asset Development International Limited.

Pierce Casey, currently non-executive chairman of the Company and 28.4% shareholder, has been appointed executive chairman with immediate effect.

The Company now announces that it will issue its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2010 in late April 2011. These will show a return to profitability, compared to the losses incurred in 2009, and the Company also announces that trading in the first quarter of 2011 has been profitable and satisfactory.  

Pierce Casey said:

"The directors of the Company and all the staff at Norman Broadbent would like to thank Andrew Garner for his immense contribution to the business over the years and wish him well for the future."

Andrew Garner said:

"I have greatly enjoyed my many years as founder and CEO of Garner International and leading the acquisition and integration of Norman Broadbent.  Now that this has been achieved, I believe that it is an opportune time to announce my retirement".

Contacts:

Norman Broadbent plc                                                      020 7484 0000

Pierce Casey / Ben Felton                                                    

Merchant Securities Limited                                             020 7628 2200

John East / Simon Clements                                                  

Buchanan Communications Limited                                020 7466 5000

Tim Anderson / Isabel Podda / Christian Goodbody            

 

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