REG - Animalcare Group PLC - Changes to Board of Directors

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03/05/2022 07:16

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RNS Number : 9762J  Animalcare Group PLC  03 May 2022

ANIMALCARE GROUP PLC

 

("Animalcare", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Changes to Board of Directors

 

3 May 2022. Animalcare Group plc (AIM: ANCR), the international animal health
business, today announces the appointment of Sylvia Metayer as an Independent
Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

 

Sylvia has built a highly successful career in customer-focused commercial
leadership roles, most recently at Sodexo SA, a global leader in Food and
Facility Management outsourcing, where she has served as Chief Growth Officer
and a member of the Executive Committee. Sylvia first joined Sodexo in 2006 as
Group Financial Controller. She was later appointed CFO for On-Site Services
operations in Europe, and President International Large Accounts, before
becoming Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo's Corporate Services Worldwide
Segment. Her decision to retire from Sodexo as of 31 May 2022 was announced in
February of this year.

 

Sylvia began her professional career as an auditor prior to holding key
financial positions in leading international groups. Before joining Sodexo she
was Chief Operating Officer at Houghton Mifflin, a Boston-based educational
publisher.

 

Sylvia is an Independent Non-Executive Director for PageGroup plc, a member of
the supervisory board of Keolis SAS and was recently appointed as a
Non-Executive Director to the Board of Groupe ADP (Aéroports de Paris SA).
She also serves on the Research Orientation Committee and the Strategic
Advisory Board at HEC Business School in France, and on the French Tech
Advisory Council to the Minister of the Economy. Sylvia gained a business
degree from the French École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) and is a
graduate of both Queen's University, Canada and of the University of Ottawa,
Canada. She holds joint French, British and Canadian nationality.

 

Nick Downshire, who joined the Board of the Company when it was acquired by
Ritchey plc, for whom he had acted as a director since 1998, has decided not
to seek re-election to the Board at the Company's forthcoming Annual General
Meeting.  It is intended that Sylvia will replace him as chair of the Audit
and Risk Committee after the Company's 2022 Annual General Meeting.

 

Jan Boone, Chairman of Animalcare Group plc, said: "Sylvia's wide-ranging
financial and commercial experience will be of huge value as the Group
continues to implement its long-term growth strategy. We're delighted to
welcome Sylvia to the Animalcare Board.

 

"I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Nick Downshire for his
many years of commitment to the Company. Nick's extensive business knowledge,
sound advice and supportive approach have been of significant benefit to our
Company during his time as a Non-Executive Director."

 

Additional Information

 

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule Two
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Marie Sylvia
Metayer, aged 62:

 

 Current Directorships:                Previous Directorships held in the last 5 years:
 PageGroup plc                         Combined Occupier Solutions SAS

 Groupe ADP (Aéroports de Paris SA)

 Keolis SAS

As of the date of this announcement, Sylvia Metayer holds no ordinary shares
in the capital of the Company. Save as disclosed above there are no additional
disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph
(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Enquiries

 

 Animalcare Group plc                      +44 (0)1904 487 687

 Jenny Winter, Chief Executive Officer

 Chris Brewster, Chief Financial Officer

 Media/investor relations                  communications@animalcaregroup.com (mailto:communications@animalcaregroup.com)

 Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited            +44 (0)20 7710 7600

(Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)

 Ben Maddison

 Nick Adams

 Nick Harland

 Fred Walsh

 Panmure Gordon                            +44 (0)20 7886 2500

 (Joint Broker)

 Corporate Finance

 Freddy Crossley/Emma Earl

 Corporate Broking

 Rupert Dearden

 

About Animalcare

Animalcare Group plc is a UK AIM-listed international development-focused
veterinary sales and marketing organisation. Animalcare operates in seven
countries and exports to approximately 40 countries in Europe and worldwide.
The Group is focused on bringing new and innovative products to market through
its own development pipeline, partnerships and via acquisition.

 

For more information about Animalcare, please visit www.animalcaregroup.com
(http://www.animalcaregroup.com)

 

 

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