Directorate Change

RNS Number : 5013G

Gleeson(M J)Group PLC

02 July 2012

 



2 July 2012

MJ GLEESON GROUP PLC

APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

The Board of MJ Gleeson Group plc (GLE.L) is pleased to announce that, with effect from 1 July 2012, Jolyon Harrison, currently Managing Director of Gleeson Homes, has been appointed Chief Executive of MJ Gleeson Group.

Dermot Gleeson, Chairman, said: "Since joining the Group in 2009, Jolyon has transformed Gleeson Homes' prospects. His appointment as Chief Executive of the Group marks the beginning of a new and potentially very exciting era in the Company's long history."

Enquiries:

M J Gleeson Group plc                                                                       

Dermot Gleeson                     Chairman                                01252 360 300   

Jolyon Harrison                       Chief Executive Officer           0114 261 2900

Notes to Editors

MJ Gleeson Group plc operates in the house building sector through the following business units; Gleeson Homes, which focuses on estate regeneration and housing development on brownfield land in the North of England; and Gleeson Strategic Land, which purchases options over land in the South of England with the objective of enhancing the value of the site concerned by securing residential planning permission.

 

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