FIRSTGROUP PLC
DIRECTORATE
CHANGE
FirstGroup plc (the 'Group'), a leading transport operator in
the UK and North America, today
announces that Anthony (Ant) Green has joined the Board as Group
Employee Director with effect from 15
September 2020. Ant is a bus driver and a trainer for First
Bus. He has been the employee director of First Essex Buses Ltd
since 2014, a company he joined in 2009. In 2015, he was seconded
to roll out Be Safe, the Group’s safety behavioural change
programme. Since then Ant has trained more than 1,900 colleagues
and coached leaders on the implementation of successful safety
techniques. He brings to the Board a wealth of employee engagement
and safety experience. Ant will join the Board Safety
Committee.
Commenting on today's announcement, FirstGroup Chairman
David Martin said:
“I am delighted to welcome Ant to the Board of FirstGroup. We
are proud to bring the voice of our workforce into the Boardroom
through our Employee Directors and I know that Ant will make an
important contribution to the Board’s deliberations, given his vast
experience and unique perspective as an employee of the Group.”
This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R.
There are no other details required to be disclosed under Listing
Rule 9.6.13R.
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93.
Classification as per DTR 6 Annex 1R: 3.1.
Contacts at FirstGroup:
Faisal Tabbah, Head of Investor
Relations
Stuart Butchers, Group Head of Communications
Silvana Glibota-Vigo, Deputy
Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354
Contacts at Brunswick PR:
Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer, Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
About FirstGroup
FirstGroup plc (LSE: FGP.L) is a leading provider of transport
services in the UK and North
America. With £7.8 billion in revenue in 2020 and around
100,000 employees, we transported 2.1 billion passengers. Whether
for business, education, health, social or recreation – we get our
customers where they want to be, when they want to be there. We
create solutions that reduce complexity, making travel smoother and
life easier.
We provide easy and convenient
mobility, improving quality of life by connecting people and
communities.
Each of our five divisions is a leader in its field: In North
America, First Student is the largest provider of home-to-school
student transportation with a fleet of 43,000 yellow school buses,
First Transit is one of the largest providers of outsourced transit
management and contracting services, while Greyhound is the only
nationwide operator of scheduled intercity coaches. In the UK,
First Bus is one of Britain's
largest bus companies with 1.4 million passengers a day in 2020,
and First Rail is one of the country's most experienced rail
operators, carrying 340 million passengers in the year. Visit our
website at www.firstgroupplc.com and follow us @firstgroupplc on
Twitter.