Weir Group welcomes Andy Agg to its Board as Independent Director

– UK, Glasgow –  Weir Group PLC (LON: WEIR) today announced the appointment of Andy Agg to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director effective 27 February 2024, bringing significant financial experience to the Board in light of his role as CFO of National Grid plc.

“I am delighted to welcome Andy to the Weir Board. Andy has built a long and successful career as a finance leader, and he brings to the Board both his financial and commercial acumen, experience in leading significant transformation programmes and significant transactional experience. We look forward to working with Andy as we drive forward our strategic objectives for Weir,” said Board Chair, Barbara Jeremiah.

The group also announced that Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan will step down from the Board on 31 March 2024.

About Andy Agg

Andy Agg joined National Grid in 2008 and before his current position held several senior finance leadership roles across the National Grid group, including as Group Financial Controller, UK CFO, and Group Tax and Treasury Director. Andy started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

About The Weir Group PLC

Founded in 1871, The Weir Group PLC is one of the world’s leading engineering businesses with a purpose to make its mining and infrastructure customers’ operations more sustainable and efficient. Weir’s highly engineered technology enables critical resources to be produced using less energy, water, and waste while reducing customers’ total cost of ownership. The Group is ideally positioned to benefit from structural trends that support long-term demand for its technology including the need for more essential metals to support economic development and carbon transition. The Group has c.12,000 employees operating in over 60 countries with a presence in every major mining region of the world.

SOURCE: https://www.global.weir/

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