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R.E.A. Holdings plc (RE)
R.E.A. Holdings plc: Directorate changes
28-Jan-2026 / 08:00 GMT/BST
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R.E.A. Holdings plc ("REA" or the “company”)
Directorate changes
Further to the company’s previous announcements, REA is pleased to
confirm the following changes to the board of directors with effect from
28 January 2026.
Carol Gysin is stepping down from her current position as group managing
director and is succeeded in that position, as an executive director and
group managing director, by Luke Robinow.
Luke moved to Indonesia in 2008 to join the company’s principal operating
subsidiary, PT REA Kaltim Plantations (“REA Kaltim”). Initially employed
on the REA Kaltim estates, over the 17 years since 2008 Luke has had
experience of all aspects of the group’s Indonesian operations and has had
overall responsibility for those operations since 2018 when he was
appointed president director of REA Kaltim.
With Luke continuing to reside in Indonesia, there remains a requirement
for a senior director based in London to oversee the group’s London office
and all administrative activities handled by that office. Carol is
assuming that role and continues as an executive director of the company
on a part time basis.
Concurrently with these changes, in anticipation of three non-executive
directors retiring at the company’s forthcoming AGM in June 2026, Grant
Lutz has been appointed as a non-executive director of REA.
Grant has been a non-executive director (“commissioner”) of REA Kaltim
since April 2025 and has already acquired a good understanding of the
group’s operations and gained the confidence of senior managers, local and
main board directors, and fellow commissioners. He is a German national
residing permanently in Indonesia for over 18 years and fluent in Bahasa
Indonesia. He has over 40 years’ experience in the food and agricultural
sector in Africa and Asia, beginning his career in South Africa's wheat
and corn milling industry before managing a wheat flour milling business
in the People's Republic of China. On relocating to Indonesia, Grant
served as CEO and then chairman of a prominent flour milling business, PT
Bungasari Flour Mills Indonesia. From 2020 to 2025, Grant was also a
commissioner of FKS Food Sejatera Tbk PT, a company listed on the
Indonesia stock exchange.
There are no further matters to be disclosed pursuant to 6.4.8R of the UK
Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the
appointment of each of Luke Robinow and Grant Lutz as directors of REA.
Enquiries:
R.E.A. Holdings plc
Tel: 020 7436 7877
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ISIN: GB0002349065
Category Code: BOA
TIDM: RE
LEI Code: 213800YXL94R94RYG150
Sequence No.: 416335
EQS News ID: 2266878
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