Premier Farnell plc: Sir Peter Gershon CBE to Succeed Sir Malcolm Bates as Chairman
18 Enero 2005 - 10:19AM
PR Newswire (US)
Premier Farnell plc: Sir Peter Gershon CBE to Succeed Sir Malcolm
Bates as Chairman LEEDS, England, January 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Premier Farnell plc announces that Sir Peter Gershon,
non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman, will succeed Sir
Malcolm Bates as non-executive Chairman of the Company with effect
from 1 March 2005, when Sir Malcolm will retire from the Board. Sir
Peter joined the Board of Premier Farnell plc in June 2004 as a
non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman. He was previously the
first Chief Executive of the Office of Government Commerce from
April 2000 to March 2004, and leader of a major review of UK Public
Sector Efficiency between August 2003 and July 2004. Prior to his
work in the public sector, Sir Peter was Managing Director of
Marconi Electronic Systems and a member of the GEC plc Board from
1994 to 1999 and became a Chief Operating Officer of BAE SYSTEMS
plc, following the acquisition of Marconi Electronic Systems by
British Aerospace in 1999. Sir Peter is currently Non-Executive
Chairman of Symbian Limited, a non-executive director of HM
Treasury, Head of an independent review of Ministerial and Royal
Air Travel, a Member of the Advisory Board of the UK Defence
Academy, a Member of the Court and Council of Imperial College and
a Member of Council of the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Board
wishes to take this opportunity to thank Sir Malcolm for his
greatly-valued guidance and counsel over the 8 years that he has
been Chairman of Premier Farnell and wishes him a long and happy
retirement. Richard Mountain, Financial Dynamics 20-7269-7291 (PFP)
DATASOURCE: Premier Farnell Plc CONTACT: Enquiries: James
Garthwaite, Group Director, Communications, Premier Farnell plc,
+44-(0)20-7851-4100; Andrew Lorenz
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