Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 4293Z

SThree plc

18 September 2015

 

Embargoed until 07.00am                                                                                  18 September 2015

SThree plc

("SThree" or the "Group")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

SThree, the international specialist staffing business, announces that it has appointed Anne Fahy as a Non-Executive Director, with effect from 1 October 2015. Anne will also serve on SThree's Audit and Nomination Committees, chairing the Audit Committee.

Anne is currently a Non-Executive Director of Interserve and was, until 31 July 2015, Chief Financial Officer of BP's Aviation Fuels business.

During her 27 years at BP Anne has gained extensive experience of global business, developing markets, risk management, internal control, compliance and strategy development in BP's aviation, petrochemicals, trading and retail sectors.

Anne is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland having worked at KPMG in Ireland and Australia prior to joining BP in 1988.

Clay Brendish, Chairman commented: "Anne has a vast breadth of international business and commercial, as well as financial, knowledge and we are delighted to welcome her to the Group. Her particular expertise within the Oil & Gas sector will only serve to strengthen our Board and will be of great benefit as we continue to expand globally in this significantly important growth sector."

There are no additional details relating to the appointment that are required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13 (1-6) of the Listing Rules.

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Enquiries:
SThree plc	020 7268 6000
Gary Elden, Chief Executive Officer
Alex Smith, Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Anderson, Deputy Company Secretary/IR Enquiries
Citigate Dewe Rogerson	020 7638 9571
Kevin Smith/Jos Bieneman

Notes to editors

SThree is a leading international specialist staffing business, providing permanent and contract specialist staff to a diverse client base of over 7,000 clients. From its well-established position as a major player in the information and communications technology ("ICT") sector the Group has broadened the base of its operations to include businesses serving the Banking & Finance, Energy, Engineering and Life Sciences sectors.

Since launching its original business, Computer Futures, in 1986, the Group has adopted a multi-brand strategy, establishing new operations to address growth opportunities. SThree brands include Computer Futures, Huxley Associates, Progressive and The Real Staffing Group. The Group has circa 2,600 employees in twenty one countries.

SThree plc is quoted on the Official List of the UK Listing Authority under the ticker symbol STHR and also has a US level one ADR facility, symbol SERTY.

Important notice

Certain statements in this announcement are forward looking statements. By their nature, forward looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those statements. Forward looking statements regarding past trends or activities should not be taken as representation that such trends or activities will continue in the future. Certain data from the announcement is sourced from unaudited internal management information and is before any exceptional items. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on forward looking statements.

 

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