– UK, London – John Laing Group plc (LON: JLG) today announced the appointment of Leanne Bell and Lisa Stone to its Board as Non-executive Directors, effective from 1st December 2020.
“I am delighted to welcome both Leanne and Lisa to the Board of John Laing. Their considerable international investment and infrastructure experience will no doubt make a significant contribution to the future growth of John Laing and will strengthen the diversity of background and experience of our Board.” said Board Chairman, Will Samuel.
Both Leanne and Lisa will be a member of the Audit & Risk, Nomination and Remuneration Committees.
The company also announced that Anne Wade has decided to retire as Non-executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee with effect from 31 January 2021.
Will Samuel added: “On behalf of the Board, I would like to express our enormous thanks to Anne who has been a strong and active Board member for the last six years. We wish her well for the future.”
Andrea Abt will succeed Anne Wade as Chair of the Remuneration Committee with effect from 1 February 2021. Andrea has served as a member of the Remuneration Committee since her appointment to the Board in May 2018. Andrea will step down as a member of the Audit & Risk Committee with effect from 31 December 2020.
About Leanne Bell
Leanne has extensive investment experience in global power infrastructure and utilities across the US, UK and Western Europe. During her long career in the investment industry, Leanne has overseen the investment of more than $6bn in global power infrastructure projects and companies. Since 2014, Leanne has been an independent director and committee chair for several organisations.
Leanne currently holds non-executive director positions at Southwestern Generation Operating Company, Ventient Energy Services Limited and Nassau Companies of New York.
Before committing full time to non-executive board roles, Leanne was from 2013 to 2014 the CFO of Synergy Renewables LLC, from 2008 to 2013 Managing Director of Tiger Infrastructure Partners (formerly Lehman Brothers Global Infrastructure Partners) and from 1997 to 2008, Managing Director of GE Energy Financial Services where she led the development of an equity investment business focused on developers of power generation platforms, selling power on both a contracted and merchant basis. Before this, she held roles at Prudential Power Funding Associates and Salomon Brothers.
About Lisa Stone
Lisa has extensive international investment experience across a range of sectors. Lisa was a Founding Partner of HgCapital, a private equity firm, between 1999 and 2017 where she played a critical role in the successful growth of the firm. She has also held senior management positions at LucasVarity, an automotive and aerospace conglomerate, and management consultancy firms. Lisa has also held several non-executive positions, and currently is a non-executive director of Arbor Education Partners, a software company providing benchmarking analytics and management information for the education sector, Ticketer, a smart bus ticketing systems provider, and Smoothwall, the UK market leader in web filtering and child safeguarding in education. Since 2016 Lisa has also been a Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Impetus, which provides charities with core funding, the expertise of a dedicated investment team and access to a world-class pro bono network. Through this work, she has developed a strong background in social investment.
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