Directorate Changes

RNS Number : 1271I

Greencore Group PLC

09 December 2020

 

9 December 2020

GREENCORE GROUP PLC

('Greencore' or the 'Group')

DIRECTORATE CHANGES

The Board of Greencore is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr John Amaechi, Ms Linda Hickey and Ms Anne O'Leary as Non-Executive Directors with effect from 1 February 2021.

John Amaechi is an organisational psychologist and is the founder and CEO of APS, a talent and leadership development firm. He has a strong non-executive director portfolio, serving on the talent advisory group of Lloyds of London, the advisory board of FT 'Women on Top', and the Vice-Chair's Board of KPMG UK. He is a leadership training partner with the National Health Service ('NHS'), and a non-executive director of Manchester University NHS Trust. John also has strong industry experience having previously served on the Inclusive Advisory Panel at Tesco.

Linda Hickey brings a wealth of experience having spent over 35 years in capital markets, more latterly at Goodbody Stockbrokers where she served as Head of Corporate Broking for 15 years. She is a non-executive director of Kingspan Group plc, where she serves as senior independent director, worker relations director and chair of the remuneration committee. Linda is also a non-executive director of Cairn Homes plc where she is remuneration committee chair and a member of the audit and risk committee.

Anne O'Leary is currently CEO of Vodafone Ireland and brings significant experience spanning digital integrations, data analytics, cultural change programmes, and strategic acquisitions and partnerships. Anne is also the chair of Goal Global, an international humanitarian response agency, and is a board member of IBEC, a business and employer association for organisations based in Ireland. Anne was President of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce in 2019 and has recently been appointed to the board of Vodacom Group Limited as a non-executive director commencing January 2021.

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13.

Non-Executive Directors, Ms Heather Ann McSharry and Mr John Warren will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company, scheduled for 26 January 2021. Both Heather Ann and John joined the Board in January 2013 and each has played an invaluable role in driving the Board's agenda, strategy and purpose.

Commenting on the Board changes, Mr. Gary Kennedy, Chairman of Greencore, said: "On behalf of the Group and the Board, I would like to give heartfelt thanks to both Heather Ann and John for their unwavering support, dedication and input to the Group over the past eight years. We wish them both all of the best in their future endeavours. We are delighted that John, Linda and Anne will be joining our Board. Their addition brings significant and wide-ranging experience across capital markets, sustainability, digitalisation, analytics as well as cultural and behavioural change. Each individual has substantial experience in leading diversity and inclusion initiatives, further strengthening Board focus and discussion in this key area".

Mr. Patrick Coveney, Chief Executive Officer of Greencore said "Heather Ann and John have been fabulous Directors at Greencore. I am immensely grateful for their insight, challenge, support, and commitment. They have made Greencore a better business and all of us better leaders. I extend a warm welcome to our three new Non-Executive Directors. They are exceptional candidates and we are very much looking forward to their experience, input and energy as we build the business back post COVID-19 and drive transformational change at every level to build a more resilient, stronger performing, and sustainable business for generations to come".

For further information, please contact:

Patrick Coveney	Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
Emma Hynes	Chief Financial Officer	Tel: [phone]
Jack Gorman	Head of Capital Markets	Tel: [phone]
Rob Greening or Sam Austrums	Powerscourt	Tel: [phone]
Billy Murphy or Louise Walsh	Drury | Porter Novelli	Tel: [phone]

About Greencore

We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. We supply all of the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.

In FY20 we manufactured 619m sandwiches and other food to go products, 116m chilled prepared meals, and 264m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 10,000 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 16 world-class manufacturing sites in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.3bn in FY20 and employ approximately 12,200 people.

We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. For further information go to www.greencore.com or follow Greencore on social media.

 

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