Directorate Change

RNS Number : 2540I

Serco Group PLC

22 November 2018

 

Directorate changes

22 November 2018

Serco Group plc

LEI: 549300PT2CIHYN5GWJ21

Serco Group plc ('Serco' or 'the Company'), the international service company, announces that Mike Clasper, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company, has notified the Board of his intention to stand down as a Director with effect from 31 December 2018.  John Rishton, who was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 2016, will assume the role of Senior Independent Director and join the Nomination Committee from 1 January 2019.  John is currently Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Group Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee.  He was formerly Chief Executive of Rolls Royce Group plc, having previously been Chief Executive and President of Royal Ahold NV, and is a Non-Executive Director of Unilever plc, Informa plc and Associated British Ports.  Kirsty Bashforth, who was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Serco in 2017, will replace Mike Clasper as Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee with effect from 1 January 2019.

Sir Roy Gardner, Non-Executive Chairman of Serco, commented: "I would like to thank Mike personally for his support as the Senior Independent Director and, on behalf of the Board, for the extensive contribution he has made to the Company since joining in early 2014, a period during which Serco has seen substantial change.  I would also like to welcome John Rishton to the role of Senior Independent Director, a position for which his considerable experience makes him well suited."

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For further information please contact Serco:

Stuart Ford, Head of Investor Relations T [phone]

Marcus De Ville, Head of Media Relations T [phone]

About Serco

Serco is a leading provider of public services. Our customers are governments or others operating in the public sector.  We gain scale, expertise and diversification by operating internationally across five sectors and four geographies: Defence, Justice & Immigration, Transport, Health and Citizen Services, delivered in UK & Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

More information can be found at www.serco.com

 

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