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Dignity PLC
16 May 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 May 2022
Dignity plc
("Dignity" or the 'Company')
Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
Dignity plc, the UK's only listed provider of funeral and end of
life services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate
Davidson as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 10(th) June
2022. The Company also confirms that Gary Channon's final day as
CEO will be 9(th) June, when he will also step down from the Board
following the Group's Annual General Meeting.
After a number of years with the business in her early career,
Kate re-joined Dignity in June 2021 as Chief Operating Officer, and
was appointed to the Board in January 2022. She is part of the
Company's Executive Committee, and has primarily been focused on
organisational change, regulation, operational efficiencies, and
delivery of Dignity's future development projects.
With over 15 years' experience in the funeral and crematoria
industry, Kate began her career in the crematoria sector within
Local Government, later joining Dignity in management and strategic
roles spanning eight years. In 2019, Kate joined crematoria and
cemetery operator Westerleigh Group as Commercial and Operations
Director, but her passion for Dignity and its people drew her back
to the business last year.
Kate holds an Executive MBA from Warwick Business School, and is
on the Board for the Federation of Burial and Cremation
Authorities.
John Castagno, Chairman, commented:
"I am delighted to announce the appointment of Kate Davidson as
Dignity's new CEO. Kate is highly respected in the sector, and is
committed to raising standards of quality, care and client service
across the profession. Kate has been instrumental in delivering a
number of high priority strategic and commercial programmes over
the past 12 months. Her integrity, candour and willingness to
challenge has been vital in delivering Dignity's strategy whilst
her leadership style has been central to changing the
organisation's culture. In addition, Kate's first hand funeral and
crematoria operational experience offers an authentic and credible
approach to leading what is a complex, caring and emotive
business.
I would like to thank Gary Channon for his tenure as CEO. Since
joining the business myself in July 2021, I have witnessed Gary's
long-term strategic vision for Dignity begin to come to life. It is
clear he has made a positive impact on both colleagues and our
commercial ambitions, and we welcome his continued support.
The Board and I look forward to working with Kate and the wider
Executive team to ensure Dignity progresses towards its vision to
be a market leading provider of end-of-life services and a
rewarding employer to those that work here."
Kate Davidson, CEO Designate , said:
"It is my honour and privilege to have been appointed by the
Board to lead Dignity at such a critical time in its history. I am
excited to bring a fresh perspective as we continue to deliver our
new strategy during a period of structural, regulatory and societal
change. Whilst my long-term aim is to build a strong and enduring
business that delivers a high quality service, I am passionate
about shaping a new organisational culture within what is a fairly
traditional industry. After all, it is our people that make us
great. By creating an environment where our colleagues can grow,
are supported to be their best and to learn from each other,
Dignity will be well placed to fulfil its potential to be a unique
and leading provider of end-of-life services. We are in a strong
position to deliver positive outcomes for all stakeholders - our
customers, our employees, and our investors."
Gary Channon added:
"Over the past 12 months we have completely changed the strategy
and begun to change the culture, the organisational structure and
the way in which the Company works. There isn't an area of the
business that hasn't been changed in some way. Few organisations go
through such enormous upheaval, especially whilst coping with a
pandemic, and this couldn't have happened without extraordinary
efforts by many of our colleagues to whom I am extremely grateful.
We have changed the leadership and, in the words of Jim Collins, we
have got the right people on the bus.
I have been working with Kate since she re-joined Dignity, she
is an impressively effective executive who I believe will make an
exceptional CEO. She also lives and breathes the principles and
values of this new Dignity. We have been working interchangeably
for some time and so the handover will be seamless. There remains a
lot to do and I intend to continue assisting Kate and her team in
any way in which I can be useful. It has been a great honour to
lead Dignity over the past year and I am confident that I leave it
with a brighter future and better led than when I took over."
In light of this announcement, Gary Channon will stand down as a
director following the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 9th June
2022. Gary will continue to support the Board as an advisor on
strategic matters such as the Group's capital structure.
As a result, AGM resolution 4 (To re-elect Gary Channon as a
Director of the Company) is now withdrawn. The withdrawal of
Resolution 4 does not affect the validity of the Notice of AGM, the
proxy form or any proxy votes already submitted in respect of the
remaining resolutions to be proposed at the AGM. The numbering of
all other proposed resolutions at the AGM will remain
unchanged.
This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.11R.
There are no other details required to be disclosed under Listing
Rule 9.6.13R.
For more information
John Castagno, Chairman
Tim George, Company Secretary
Dignity plc +44 (0)20 7466 5000
Chris Lane
Tilly Abraham
Buchanan +44 (0)20 7466 5000
www.buchanan.uk.com Dignity@buchanan.uk.com
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