Directorate Change

RNS Number : 4254Z

Games Workshop Group PLC

18 September 2020

 

Games Workshop Group PLC

("Games Workshop" or the "Company")

Appointments of Chairman and Senior Independent Director

For immediate release          18 September 2020

Games Workshop Group PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Elaine O'Donnell as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company with effect from 1 January 2021. Elaine has been an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2013. She has been the Senior Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee since 2019, and is a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Elaine takes over from Nick Donaldson. As referenced in our recent Annual Report , Nick Donaldson will be retiring from the role of Non-Executive Chairman of Games Workshop with effect from 1 January 2021, and from the Board of Games Workshop no later than the 2021 AGM.

Games Workshop also announces that John Brewis will become Senior Independent Director with effect from 1 January 2021. John has been an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 2018. He has been Chairman of the Remuneration Committee since 2019 and is a member of the Nomination and Audit and Risk Committees. He takes over as Senior Independent Director from Elaine O'Donnell.

The Company is currently seeking a new Non-Executive Director with recent, relevant financial experience, who will assume the role of Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee with effect from 1 January 2021.   

For further information, please contact:

Games Workshop Group PLC
Kevin Rountree, CEO
Rachel Tongue, Group Finance Director
Investor relations website		http://investor.games-workshop.com
General website		www.games-workshop.com

 

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