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26/10/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 1694R  BAE SYSTEMS PLC  26 October 2023

BAE Systems plc

BAE Systems announces Angus Cockburn to join the Board as a non-executive
director

The Board of BAE Systems plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Angus
Cockburn as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 6
November 2023.

Angus Cockburn is currently Chair of James Fisher & Sons plc and the
Senior Independent Director of Ashtead Group plc. He is also a non-executive
director of STS Global Income & Growth Trust plc but will step-down from
that board at the company's AGM in 2024. Until his retirement in 2021, he
served for six years as Group Chief Financial Officer of Serco Group plc,
during which he helped manage a major transformation of the business. Prior to
that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Aggreko plc. He is also a former
non-executive director of GKN plc and Howdens Joinery Group PLC.

Angus holds an MBA from the IMD Business School in Switzerland. He is also an
Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh and a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Cressida Hogg, Chair of BAE Systems plc, said:

"I am delighted that Angus has agreed to join the BAE Systems plc Board. He is
a seasoned business leader with a great deal of boardroom experience. He
brings extensive strategic and financial experience that will complement and
enhance the mix of skills we have on the Board currently."

There is no further information required to be disclosed in relation to Angus
Cockburn pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R.

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 Email: investors@baesystems.com   Email: kristina.anderson@baesystems.com

 

 

 

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