Directorate Changes

RNS Number : 0756B
Origin Enterprises Plc
29 September 2022
 
Origin Enterprises plc

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Director and Board Committee Changes

 

Alan Ralph joins Origin as an independent Director

 

Dublin, London, 29 September 2022 : Origin Enterprises plc ('Origin' or 'the Group'), the international Agronomy-Services Group providing specialist advice, inputs and digital solutions to promote sustainable land use, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Alan Ralph to the Board as an independent Non-Executive Director, with effect from 3 October 2022. Origin also announces Senior Independent Director and Board Committee changes, which will take effect following the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting ('AGM') on 22 November 2022.

 

New independent Non-Executive Director

Alan Ralph (53) is a highly experienced business professional and financial leader having spent 20 years with UDG Healthcare plc. He spent 10 years leading UDG's largest business unit before supporting the company's strategic transformation as Chief Financial Officer for five years. Alan is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland and previously worked in Banta Corporation and PwC. 

 

Alan was nominated to the Board following a thorough recruitment process led by the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. He also currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of DCC plc and is Chair of their Audit Committee.

 

As of today, Alan holds interests in 10,000 Ordinary Shares of Origin, representing approximately 0.009% of the Company's issued share capital, excluding treasury shares. 

 

Senior Independent Director and Board Committee Changes

In June 2022, the Group announced that Gary Britton was appointed Chair Designate to succeed Rose Hynes at the 2022 AGM. At that time, he will also assume the role of Chair of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and join the Remuneration Committee as a member. Alan Ralph will become Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

Helen Kirkpatrick has been appointed as Origin's Senior Independent Director to replace Gary Britton at the conclusion of the AGM, when she will also step down as a member of the ESG Committee. The ESG Committee membership otherwise remains consistent, with Lesley Williams in the role of Chair of the Committee since 1 August 2022.

 

Rose Hynes, Chairman of Origin, commented:

"As part of our ongoing evaluation of Board composition and in planning for Gary Britton to transition into the role of Chairman following the AGM in November 2022, we are pleased to provide an update on a number of Board positions. We undertook a comprehensive recruitment process for the appointment of a new Non-Executive Director, culminating in the appointment of Alan Ralph. I am delighted to welcome Alan to the Board and look forward to the contribution his financial expertise and extensive business experience will provide Origin through its next phase of growth and development.

 

Helen Kirkpatrick has been appointed as the Company's new Senior Independent Director in line with our succession planning and our Committee memberships will be refreshed to reflect the skillsets and experience of the Board as a whole."

 

The following information in respect of Alan Ralph is disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies:

 

Current Directorships: 

DCC plc

Killarney Glen Owners Management Company Limited by Guarantee

 

Directorships held in the last 5 years:

Aquilant Limited

Aquilant Scientific (ROI) Limited

Ashfield Alliance Limited

Dublin Drug (Investments) Limited

Dublin Drug Company Limited

Dublin Drug Public Limited Company

UDG Healthcare (US) Holdings Limited

UDG Healthcare Ayrtons (Dublin) Limited

UDG Healthcare Finance Limited

UDG Healthcare Ireland Limited

UDG Healthcare plc

UDG Healthcare Nordic Limited

UDG Healthcare Property Holdings Limited

United Care Limited

 

 

ENDS

 

There is no other information that is required to be disclosed in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Enquiries

 

Origin Enterprises plc

TJ Kelly


Chief Financial Officer

 

Tel:

+353 (0)1 563 4959

 

Brendan Corcoran

Head of Investor Relations and Group Planning

 

Tel:

 

+353 (0)1 563 4900

 

Goodbody (Euronext Growth (Dublin) Adviser)

Finbarr Griffin

 

Tel:

 

+353 (0)1 641 9278

 

Davy (Nominated Adviser) Anthony Farrell

 

Tel:

 

+353 (0)1 614 9993

 

Numis Securities (Stockbroker) Stuart Skinner

 

Tel:

 

+44 (0)20 7260 1314

 

FTI Consulting (Financial Communications Advisers) Jonathan Neilan/ Patrick Berkery

 

Tel:

 

+353 (0)1 765 0884




About Origin Enterprises plc

 

Origin Enterprises plc is an international Agronomy-Services group, providing specialist advice, inputs, services and digital solutions to promote sustainable land use. The Group has leading market positions in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Poland, Romania and Ukraine. Origin is listed on the Euronext Growth (Dublin) and AIM markets of the Irish and London Stock Exchanges.

 

Euronext Growth (Dublin) ticker symbol:

OIZ

AIM ticker symbol:

OGN

Website:

www.originenterprises.com

 

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