BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC
(the "Company")
Barratt to appoint Jasi Halai as Independent
Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 January 2023
Barratt Developments PLC ("Barratt") is pleased to announce that the PLC Board has approved the appointment of Jasi Halai as an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 January 2023. Jasi will also join the Audit, Nomination, Remuneration and Sustainability Committees with effect from the same date.
Jasi Halai is Chief Operating Officer for 3i and was appointed to the Board of 3i Group plc on 12 May 2022. She is also a member of the 3i Group plc Executive, Investment, Group Risk and ESG Committees. Jasi is also a non-executive director at Porvair Plc, a position she will relinquish at the end of their FY22 audit process in January 2023. She is a Chartered Management Accountant and holds an MSc in investment management from the CASS Business School.
Jasi joined 3i in 2005 and has held a variety of posts in the business, most recently as Group Financial Controller and Operating Officer. Prior to joining 3i, she worked for CDC Group (now British International Investment) and at Actis.
John Allan, Chairman of Barratt said: "On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Jasi to the Barratt Board. Jasi will bring a wealth of financial and business skills and experience, which complement those of the other Board members and which will be of great value to the Company over the coming years".
Jasi said: "I am delighted to be joining the Barratt Board and to be part of a Company that leads its industry in terms of both quality and sustainability whilst putting its customers at the heart of everything it does. I look forward to working with the Barratt Board and the management team in driving the Group's strategy forward".
Pursuant to its obligations under the listing rules of the UK Listing Authority, Barratt confirms that Jasi has not held any directorships of any publicly quoted companies in the last five years other than those disclosed above. There is no further information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph LR 9.6.13R.
For further information please contact:
Tina Bains,
Company Secretary 01530 278 278
Notification Date: 27th October 2022