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Notification of Board Changes
Notification of Board Changes.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3300Z Severn Trent PLC 26 May 2016 \n\n \n26 May 2016\nSevern Trent Plc - Notification of Board Changes\nThe Board of Severn Trent plc, the UK's leading provider of water and waste water services, today announces the following Board and Board Committee changes.\nWith effect from the Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\") of the Company on 20 July 2016 two of our Non-Executive Directors, Martin Lamb and Gordon Fryett will be stepping down from the Board, having served eight years and seven years respectively. Martin is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Gordon is Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee. Martin and Gordon will therefore not be submitting themselves for re-appointment at the AGM, but resolutions will be put to the AGM in respect of their successors, Kevin Beeston and Dominique Reiniche, as detailed below.\nKevin Beeston will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director and will become a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees with effect from 1 June 2016. He will succeed Martin as the Senior Independent Director on 20 July 2016. Kevin is Chairman of Taylor Wimpey plc and Equiniti plc and also a Non-Executive Director of The Football Association Premier League Limited. He has previously been Chairman of Serco Group plc, Domestic & General Limited and Partnerships in Care Limited and a Non-Executive Director of IMI plc.\nDominique Reiniche will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director and will become a member of the Corporate Responsibility and Nominations Committees with effect from 20 July 2016. Dominique is Independent Vice Chairman of CHR Hansen Holdings A/S and also a Non-Executive Director of Mondi Plc, Paypal (Europe) and AXA SA. After holding senior roles with Procter & Gamble and Kraft-Jacobs Suchard, she has previously been President - Western Europe of Coca-Cola Enterprises, President - Europe and Chairman - Europe of Coca-Cola Company, a Non-Executive Director of Peugeot-Citroen SA and Vice Chairman of FoodDrinkEurope.\nDr. Angela Strank will succeed Gordon as Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee on 20 July 2016.\nAndrew Duff, Chairman said:\n\"I would like to thank both Martin and Gordon for their extremely valuable contribution and commitment to the Board during their tenure. I am delighted that Kevin and Dominiq...