Director Appointment

Good Energy Group PLC

20 October 2023

 

20 October 2023

Good Energy Group PLC

("Good Energy" or the "Company")

Director Appointment

Good Energy, the 100% renewable electricity supplier and innovative energy services provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Fran Woodward, Chief Operating Officer as a Director of the Good Energy Board, effective from 20 October 2023.

Fran joined Good Energy in 2014 and is responsible for Sales and Energy Origination, Marketing, Customer Operations and the People and Culture functions.

She has over 25 years leadership experience from a breadth of organisations including Marks & Spencer, Coca-Cola, Dyson and EDF. Fran ensures the customer is at the heart of Good Energy's strategy, culture and its operations, drawing on her early career in retail and consumer goods, and on multiple senior HR and transformation roles.

Fran is a graduate of Oxford University, a Chartered Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development and a councillor for the CBI South West Regional Council.

Will Whitehorn, Chair, Good Energy, said: "Fran has been a leader in Good Energy for nearly 10 years. With her experience spanning everything from HR to sales to operations and risk management her knowledge of the company is unparalleled. She has played a vital role in helping drive the company's strategy as well as its positive working culture, making her a very welcome addition to the Board."

Fran Woodward, Chief Operation Officer, Good Energy, said: "When I joined Good Energy 10 years ago, I knew I wanted to make a significant contribution because it had such an inspiring and vital purpose. Helping customers cut their carbon and combat climate change is more important than ever and I am proud to play my part in our strategy as we integrate solar, storage, heat pump and other carbon and cost reducing services, into the offer for our generators and customers."

Nigel Pocklington, Chief Executive Officer, Good Energy, said: "Fran has been a critical strategic partner to me on the executive team since I joined the business in 2021, whose leadership, experience and critical thinking I know I can rely on. I believe she will play a similarly vital role on the Good Energy Group Board."

In accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules the following information in relation to the appointment of Françoise Woodward is disclosed:

Françoise Marie-Danielle Woodward, aged 52, holds or has held directorships/partnerships in the five years preceding her appointment at the Company as follows:

Current directorships:

·      Good Energy Works Limited

Past directorships and partnerships held within the last 5 years:

·      SevenSeven Solutions Limited (dissolved)

Françoise currently holds nil shares.

Enquiries

Good Energy Group PLC
Nigel Pocklington, Chief Executive Charlie Parry, Director of Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations Ian McKee, Head of Communications	Email: [e-mail]
SEC Newgate UK	Email: [e-mail]
Elisabeth Cowell / Molly Gretton	Tel: [phone]
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Henry Reast / James Rudd / Maria Gomez de Olea	Tel: [phone]
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker)
Henry Fitzgerald - O'Connor / Harry Rees	Tel: [phone]

About Good Energy www.goodenergy.co.uk

Good Energy is a supplier of 100% renewable power and an innovator in energy services. It has long term power purchase agreements with a community of 1,700 independent UK generators.

Since it was founded 20 years ago, the Company has been at the forefront of the charge towards a cleaner, distributed energy system. Its mission is to power a cleaner, greener world and make it simple to generate, share, store, use and travel by clean power.  Its ambition is to support one million homes and businesses to cut carbon from their energy and transport used by 2025.

Good Energy is recognised as a leader in this market, through green kite accreditation with the London Stock Exchange, Which? Eco Provider status and Gold Standard Uswitch Green Tariff Accreditation for all tariffs.

 

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