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Directorate change
Intertek Group plc announced a change in its Directorate, with Group Chief Financial Officer Colm Deasy transitioning to an operational role as Executive Vice President Asia Pacific, effective April 10, 2026, with no payment for loss of office. Laura Crespi, currently Regional Chief Financial Officer for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, will be promoted to Group Chief Financial Officer and join the Intertek Board as an Executive Director, also effective April 10, 2026. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n26 March 2026, London\nIntertek Group plc ('Intertek' or the 'Group')\nDirectorate change\nIntertek Group plc ('Intertek') today confirms the following change to the composition of the Board and information required under section 430 (2B) of the Companies Act 2006. \nColm Deasy, currently Group Chief Financial Officer will move into an operational role as Executive Vice President Asia Pacific, based in Vietnam and effective 10 April 2026. As a consequence he is ceasing to be an Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of Intertek with effect from the same date. No payment for loss of office has or will be made to Colm Deasy. \nLaura Crespi, currently Regional Chief Financial Officer, Europe Middle East and Africa is promoted with effect from 10 April 2026 to the role of Group Chief Financial Officer reporting to the Group CEO, André Lacroix and will join the Intertek Board as an Executive Director and the Group Executive Committee.\nLaura has a stellar career in senior finance roles including being Group Financial Controller for Intertek Group. Prior to joining Intertek in 2023, Laura spent 5 years with Deloitte LLP and 12 years with RLEX Group plc, latterly as Chief Financial Officer, Global Nexis Solutions. Laura is a qualified chartered accountant.\nAndré Lacroix, Group CEO, commented: \"I am delighted with these two organisational changes. Colm has been with the Group for over 9 years and in that time has been an excellent contributor in both operational and finance roles with a strong track record of delivering quality growth on a consistent basis for all our stakeholders. I am looking forward to working with Laura to take Intertek to greater heights and seizing the exciting growth opportunities ahead, capitalising on our science-based customer excellence advantage.\"\n \n-ENDS-\nContacts\n \nDenis Moreau, Investor Relations\nTelephone: +44 (0) 20 7396 3415 [email protected]\n \nJonathon Brill/James Styles, DGA Group\nTelephone: +44 (0) 7836 622 683 [email protected]\n \n \n\nAbout Intertek\nIntertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide.\nOur network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions fo...