– UK, London – Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC (LON:ERM), the international business information and events group, announces that the Board has appointed Leslie Van de Walle as the independent, non-executive Chairman of the Company. Leslie will join the Board and assume his role as Chairman on 1 March 2019 and will also become Chairman of the Nominations Committee.
Commenting on today’s announcement David Pritchard, Acting Chairman of Euromoney, said: “The Board asked me in November 2017 to become Acting Chairman and lead the search for a permanent Chairman. I am delighted that we have appointed a Chairman of Leslie’s experience and reputation. I look forward to continuing to work with the Board until I step down at the end of February and will do so knowing that the Board and the company will go from strength to strength under Leslie’s guidance.”
Andrew Rashbass, Chief Executive Officer, said: “I look forward to working with Leslie and the rest of the Board to continue developing Euromoney. I would like to thank David for his advice and guidance as Chairman over the past 15 months and for his immense contribution to the company as a long-standing non-executive director and chair of the Audit Committee.”
About Leslie Van de Walle
Leslie has considerable Board experience. He has been Chairman of Robert Walters plc as well as SIG plc and held non-executive director roles at a number of public companies including Aviva plc and Aegis Group plc. His is currently Deputy Chairman and Chair of the Nomination Committee at Crest Nicholson Holdings plc, Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of DCC plc and a non-executive director of HSBC UK Bank plc. In his executive career, Leslie was Group CEO at Rexam plc and before that at United Biscuits plc. Earlier in his career, Leslie held a variety of senior roles, including Executive Vice President of Retail for Oil Products and Head of Oil Products, at Shell Europe.
David Pritchard, the Company’s Acting Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Nominations Committee, will retire from the Board on 28 February 2019.
Leslie Van de Walle said: “I have been impressed throughout the appointment process with the clarity of Euromoney’s vision and strategy. I am excited to be joining the company at this stage of its development and very much looking forward to working with Andrew, his team and the Board to deliver on its great potential.”
About Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
Euromoney is a global, multi-brand information business which provides critical data, price reporting, insight, analysis and must-attend events to financial services, commodities, telecoms and legal markets. Euromoney is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250 share index.
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