Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman Designate

RNS Number : 4616O

Walker Greenbank PLC

30 January 2019

 

30 January 2019

WALKER GREENBANK PLC

("Walker Greenbank" or the "Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman Designate

Walker Greenbank PLC (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dame Dianne Thompson as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman Designate.

Dianne Thompson is a highly experienced sales and marketing executive with an extensive track record in operational management in consumer businesses. She is currently a Non-Executive Director of Next plc, the multi-channel retailer.

From 2000 until 2014, Dianne Thompson was chief executive of Camelot Group plc, the UK National Lottery provider. Prior to that role, she held marketing and general management positions in a number of consumer and building materials businesses including Signet Group plc, Sandvik Saws & Tools Ltd and ICI Paints.

Dianne Thompson will join the Board on 1 February 2019, initially as a Non-Executive Director. Once a new Chief Executive Officer has been appointed, Dianne will become Non-Executive Chairman and Christopher Rogers, currently Interim Executive Chairman, will return to being a Non-Executive Director.

The ongoing recruitment of a new Chief Executive Officer is progressing well and a further announcement will be made in due course.

Christopher Rogers, Interim Executive Chairman of Walker Greenbank, said: "I am delighted to welcome Dame Dianne Thompson to Walker Greenbank's Board both as a Non-Executive Director and as Chairman Designate. Dianne is a highly experienced executive and non-executive director and, as Chairman, will bring a strong marketing and operational focus to the Board. We look forward to working with her."

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. Dame Ila Dianne Thompson (68 years of age) has been a director or partner of the following companies during the five years preceding the date of this announcement:

Current directorships	Past directorships
Next plc	Camelot Commercial Services Limited
Blackwood Thompson Limited	Camelot Global Services Limited
	Camelot Lotteries Limited
	Camelot UK Lotteries Limited
	CISL Limited
	National Lottery Enterprises Limited
	Radiocentre Limited

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further information:

Walker Greenbank PLC	[phone]
Christopher Rogers, Interim Executive Chairman
Mike Gant, Chief Financial Officer Caroline Geary, Company Secretary
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker)	[phone]
David Anderson / Alex Wright - Corporate Finance
Henry Reast / Richard Short - Corporate Broking
Buchanan	[phone]
Mark Court / Sophie Wills / Catriona Flint

Notes for editors:

About Walker Greenbank

Walker Greenbank PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers, fabrics and paints. In addition, the Company derives significant licensing income from the use of its designs on a wide range of interior products such as bed linen, rugs and tableware.

Walker Greenbank's brands include Sanderson, Morris & Co, Harlequin, Zoffany, Scion, Clarke & Clarke and Studio G.

The Company has a strong UK manufacturing base, comprising a wallpaper factory in Loughborough and a fabric printing factory in Lancaster. Both factories manufacture for the Company and for other wallpaper and fabric brands.  

Walker Greenbank employs more than 600 people and its products are sold in more than 85 countries worldwide. It has showrooms in London, New York, Chicago, Paris, Amsterdam, Moscow and Dubai along with a partnership showroom in Shenzhen, China.

Walker Greenbank trades on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WGB.

For further information please visit: www.walkergreenbank.com   

 

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