Britvic plc Directorate Changes (7844X)
November 29 2017 - 1:30AM
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RNS Number : 7844X
Britvic plc
29 November 2017
Britvic plc
29 November 2017
DIRECTORATE CHANGES
Britvic plc today announces the appointment of Suniti Chauhan
and William Eccleshare as independent Non-Executive Directors of
the Company with immediate effect. Suniti will serve on Britvic's
Audit Committee, and William on the Remuneration Committee.
Suniti brings over 20 years of experience in strategy, finance
and M&A through a career in corporate development and
investment banking, most recently the Director of Corporate
Development for Rexam plc, a multinational consumer packaging
company. Formerly, Suniti was a Managing Director of Morgan
Stanley, with over 15 years of investment banking experience
focused on UK M&A and the Consumer and Retail industry. Suniti
has previously served as a trustee of Breakthrough Breast Cancer,
the leading breast cancer research charity in the UK. Suniti
graduated from Dartmouth College in the US with a degree in
Economics and attended the General Management Program at Harvard
Business School.
William has strong international experience in business
transformation and expansion, marketing, branding, restructuring
and digital innovation. He has run the European divisions of major
advertising agencies for WPP and Omnicom and he is a former partner
of McKinsey & Co where he led the firm's European Marketing
practice. For the past eight years William has been CEO of Clear
Channel International having led the global out of home advertising
business through a major digital transformation. William has
previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Hays plc
(2004-2014). William is Senior Independent Director of Centaur
Media plc and is a Board Member and Trustee of the Donmar Warehouse
Theatre. William has a MA in History from Trinity College,
University of Cambridge.
Additionally, the Company announces that Ben Gordon will step
down from the Board and Committees on 30 January 2018, having
joined the Board as a non-executive director in April 2008.
Accordingly, he will not seek re-election at the Annual General
Meeting on 31 January 2018.
Commenting on the appointments, John Daly, Chairman, said:
"We are delighted to welcome Suniti and William to the Board.
Suniti brings significant M&A, corporate finance and
development experience whilst William has a strong background in
marketing and innovation. They are excellent additions to the
Britvic Board as we look to continue to develop our business in the
UK and internationally. I would also like to thank Ben for his
contribution to the Board and service to the Company during his
tenure, we wish him well for the future."
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.13, Suniti is a former
director of SKC Partners Limited which was dissolved by way of
members voluntary liquidation on 29 January 2016. There are no
further details to be disclosed for the above appointments as
required under rule 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.
Jonathan Adelman
Acting General Counsel and Company Secretary
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