Appointment of Group Finance Director

RNS Number : 8462J

Mulberry Group PLC

22 August 2019

 

Mulberry Group plc

("Mulberry" or the "Company")

Appointment of Group Finance Director

Mulberry, the British luxury brand, is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Anderson to the Company's board of directors ("Board") as Group Finance Director with effect from early October 2019. Charles Anderson replaces Neil Ritchie who, as previously announced, stepped down from the Board on 30 June 2019.

Charles Anderson has over 20 years' experience as a finance professional, the last 17 of which were at Ted Baker PLC, the FTSE 250 global lifestyle brand, initially as Head of Finance and then, from 2014, as Finance Director of the group's subsidiaries. During his time at Ted Baker, in addition to developing and overseeing its global finance function, Charles played an active role in its international expansion and systems transformation and oversaw its investor relations programme. Charles also assumed the role of Company Secretary.

Prior to joining Ted Baker, Charles held various finance positions at House of Fraser plc, NatWest Markets and Carpetright PLC.

Charles is an ACMA and was admitted to the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in 2000.

Thierry Andretta, Mulberry's Chief Executive Officer, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome Charles to the Mulberry team. His experience of developing and overseeing a global finance function during a period of international expansion will be relevant as we grow Mulberry worldwide."

For further information please contact:

Mulberry Investor Relations Allegra Perry	Tel: [phone]
Headland (Public Relations)	Tel: [phone]
Lindsay Dunford / Emma Ruttle
GCA Altium Limited (NOMAD) Tim Richardson / Katherine Hobbs	Tel: [phone]
Barclays (Broker) Nicola Tennent	Tel: [phone]

Additional information on Charles Anderson:

Charles Francis Anderson, aged 49, currently holds the following directorships, but expects to have resigned from them all prior to the commencement of his appointment at Mulberry:

Big Lobster Limited

Little Lobster Limited

No Ordinary Designer Label Limited

No Ordinary Shoes Limited

No Ordinary Shoes USA LLC

Ted Baker Belgium N.V.

Ted Baker (France) SARL

Ted Baker Germany GmbH

Ted Baker Hong Kong Limited

Ted Baker Italy S.r.l.

Ted Baker Korea Yuhan Hoesa

Ted Baker Netherlands B.V.

Ted Baker SA (Pty) Ltd

Save as disclosed above, Charles Anderson has confirmed that there are no further details to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two Paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. 

 

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