REG - Glanbia PLC - Directorate Change

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04/05/2023 07:15

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RNS Number : 3454Y  Glanbia PLC  04 May 2023

Board Director appointment

 

4 May 2023, Glanbia plc, the better nutrition company, is announcing the
appointment of Ms Gabriella Parisse to its Board as an Independent
Non-Executive Director effective 1 June 2023. On appointment Gabriella will
also join the Board Development Committee.

 

Gabriella brings to the Glanbia Board significant experience in consumer brand
development, the food ingredients industry, innovation and strategic
leadership of multinational businesses.

 

Gabriella is an Italian citizen and currently resides in the USA where she is
President and CEO of Velcro Companies, a global manufacturer of innovative
fastening solutions for a broad range of end markets. She has more than 35
years of international experience in consumer goods and business to business
industries with a track-record in accelerating growth, brand building and
innovation. For a significant proportion of her career she has been performing
senior roles based in North America. Gabriella joined Velcro Companies in
October 2018 as Chief Marketing Officer & President of the Consumer
division, and prior to her appointment as CEO in 2021 served as Chief Growth
Officer.

 

Since 2022, Gabriella also serves as a member of the New England Advisory
Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

 

Prior to Velcro Companies, Gabriella served on the Executive Committee of Tate
& Lyle plc a global food ingredients business, as President, Innovation
and Commercial Development, reporting to the CEO. Previously, Gabriella spent
26 years with Johnson & Johnson. She served in a variety of global senior
leadership roles with increasing responsibility in marketing, innovation and
business development, including President of Johnson & Johnson Consumer
Italy and Vice President, Skincare for Europe, Africa and Middle East.

 

Gabriella holds a master's degree in Statistic & Demographic Sciences from
La Sapienza University in Rome. In 2009, she was awarded the Order of Merit
for Labor title ("Cavaliere del Lavoro") by the President of the Italian
Republic.

 

Compliance with Listing Rules

Gabriella has notified Glanbia plc that, save as disclosed herein, she does
not have any details to be disclosed as required under Paragraph 6.1.66,
Chapter 6 of the Euronext Dublin Listing Rules and Paragraph 9.6.13, Chapter 9
of the UK Listing Rules.

 

Board structure

Following Gabriella's appointment, the Board will comprise of 13 members
including, the Chairman, two Executive Directors, three representatives from
Tirlán Co-operative Society Limited and seven Independent Non-Executive
Directors. Female representation on the Board will increase to 46% including
five of the seven Independent Non-Executive Directors.

 

ENDS

For further information contact

Glanbia plc +353 56 777 2200

Liam Hennigan, Group Secretary & Head of Investor Relations: +353 86 046
8375

Martha Kavanagh, Head of Corporate Communications: +353 87 646 200

 

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