Dignity welcomes Gillian Kent to its Board as Independent Director

– UK, Sutton Coldfield –  Dignity plc (LON: DTY), the UK’s only listed provider of funeral-related services, today announced the appointment of Gillian Kent to its Board as an independent non-executive director effective today.

“We are delighted to welcome Gillian to Dignity where she will bring extensive experience in marketing, strategy and business development with particular emphasis on digital transformation which will add great value to our Board.” said Board Chairman, Clive Whiley.

Gillian will Chair the Remuneration Committee and also serve on the Audit and Nomination Committees.

About Gillian Kent

Gillian has had a broad executive career including being Chief Executive of real estate portal, Propertyfinder, until its acquisition by Zoopla, and 15 years with Microsoft including three years as Managing Director of MSN UK.

Gillian holds non-executive director roles at Mothercare plc where she is Chair of the Remuneration Committee, SIG plc, NAHL Group plc, Ascential Plc, and at three private companies, Howsy Limited, Theo Topco Limited and Portswigger Limited. Formerly she was a non-executive director at Pendragon Plc and Coull Limited.

For more information: https://www.dignityplc.co.uk

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