14 March 2024
Avon Protection
plc
Board
Update
Appointment of Non-Executive
Director
Avon Protection plc is pleased to
announce the appointment of Maggie Brereton as an independent
Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 April 2024.
Maggie is Co-founder and CEO of EOS,
a specialist provider of deal advisory services. Prior to founding
EOS, she was Head of UK Transaction Services at KPMG where she also
served as a Board member, chairing the Audit Committee and sitting
on the Risk and Remuneration Committees.
Maggie brings over 20 years'
experience of working on complex transactions and business
transformation programmes for both private equity and corporate
clients. She also brings significant experience in the industrial
sector including aerospace and defence.
Maggie will also become a member of
the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees from 1 April
2024.
There is no other information
required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13 in respect
of Maggie Brereton.
Non-Executive Director
Changes
As indicated in the annual report
released on 21 November 2023, after 8 years as a Non-Executive
Director, Chloe Ponsonby planned to step down from the Board during
2024 due to an increase in her executive
responsibilities.
Chloe Ponsonby will now stand down
from the Board on 31 March 2024. Victor Chavez will replace Chloe
as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Bindi Foyle will replace
Chloe as Senior Independent Director alongside her role as Audit
Committee Chair.
Bruce Thompson, Chair,
commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Maggie
to the Board. She brings extensive and valuable experience in
identifying value creation opportunities, with a deep focus on the
numbers and a real specialisation on analysis and the development
of change programmes.
This appointment significantly
strengthens the Board's experience of implementing and valuing
operational and strategic change at a time when these are important
elements of the new strategy being taken forward by the leadership
team.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks
to Chloe Ponsonby for her contribution to the Board since her
appointment back in March 2016 and for her successful stewardship
of remuneration matters. On behalf of the Board, I wish Chloe every
success in her new executive role."
For
further enquiries, please contact:
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Avon Protection plc
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Bruce Thompson, Chair
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+44 1225 896 800
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Jos Sclater, Chief Executive
Officer
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About Avon Protection
plc:
We are a world leader in protective
equipment, with a reputation for innovative design,
high-performance quality and specialist materials
expertise.
Our two brands, Avon Protection and
Team Wendy, supply our respiratory and head protection portfolio to
customers across the globe from our manufacturing sites in the UK
and North America.
With over 900 talented people our
shared purpose and core beliefs are to be #FIERCE about Protecting
Lives. It's why we come to work - and it's what motivates us, every
day, to do the best work we can.
For further information, please
visit our website www.avon-protection-plc.com