Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0635K

Premier Foods plc

15 August 2012

 



Premier Foods plc ("Premier Foods" or the "Company")

15 August 2012

Board Appointment

Premier Foods plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Laing as a Non Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2012.

Jennifer has over 30 years experience in brand building and communications including 16 years with Saatchi & Saatchi, twice as Chairman of the London office, and culminating in her role as Chairman and CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi North America. In the early 1990s she led her own advertising agency, Laing Henry, which was subsequently sold to Saatchi & Saatchi. From 2001 to 2007 Jennifer was Associate Dean, External Relations at London Business School.

Jennifer is currently a Non-Executive Director of (IHG) InterContinental Hotels Group plc where she chairs the Corporate Responsibility Committee, and of Hudson Global, Inc., a global recruitment company, where she is Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Commenting on Jennifer's appointment, David Beever, Chairman of Premier Foods, said:

"I am delighted to welcome Jennifer to the Board.  Jennifer brings with her a wealth of brand marketing and advertising experience which will be invaluable as we continue to invest in our future growth.  The Board and I very much look forward to working with her."

No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to LR 9.6.13 R.

For further information please contact:

Andrew McDonald, General Counsel & Company Secretary             [phone]

Lisa Attenborough, Director of Communications                                [phone]

Richard Godden, Head of Investor Relations                                     [phone]

 

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