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RNS Number : 6391H  S4 Capital PLC  14 November 2025

14 November 2025

 

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF
THE UK VERSION OF REGULATION (EU) NO. 596/2014 ON MARKET ABUSE ("UK MAR"), AS
IT FORMS PART OF UK DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL)
ACT 2018

 

 

S(4) Capital plc

 

("S(4) Capital" or the "Company")

 

Board Changes

 

 

Alina Kessel appointed as an Independent NED and Elizabeth Buchanan retirement
from the Board

 

The Company announces the appointment of Alina Kessel as a Non-Executive
Director of S(4) Capital plc with effect from 14 November 2025.

Alina Kessel has had a 25+ year career in advertising and brand building,
having worked in the US, Australia, Germany and the UK. She was Global Client
Leader at WPP, CEO of DDB Tribal Group and Grey Advertising in Germany and
served as a Non-Executive Director on the board of DS Smith, a FTSE 100
packaging company. Currently, Alina is a NED at Y TREE, a
wealthtech advisory platform and a Senior Advisor to HH Global, a marketing
activation firm.

 

Alina will stand for election to the Board at the Annual General Meeting to be
held on 6 June 2026.

 

The Company also announces that Elizabeth Bucanan has decided to retire from
the Board of S(4) Capital plc in order to focus on her current role at Rokt,
with effect from 31 December 2025. Elizabeth has been a Non-Executive Director
at S(4) Capital plc for over 6 years. The Company thanks Elizabeth for her
support over the years and the strong contributions she has brought to the
Board.

 

Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman of S(4) Capital plc, said: "We are sad
to lose Elizabeth to the demands of Rokt, but delighted to add Alina instead.
Alina has a very strong marketing and advertising background, which will be
very valuable."

 

Alina Kessel said: "I'm delighted to be joining the Board at such a pivotal
moment.  S(4) Capital is a company with a focused and relevant positioning,
energy and ambition.  I look forward to supporting its growth and
contributing to meaningful value creation for all our stakeholders".

 

Elizabeth Buchanan said: "Serving on the Board of S(4) Capital these past six
years has been an incredible privilege.  The opportunity to sit alongside Sir
Martin and the Monks leadership team, while witnessing the phenomenal work
they are doing to lead the AI revolution in the advertising industry, has been
both energizing and humbling".

There are no other details which would be required to be disclosed in
accordance with paragraph 6.4.8R of the UK Listing Rules were those to apply
to the Company.

 

Enquiries:

 

S(4)
Capital
Tel: +44 (0)20 3793 0003

Sir Martin Sorrell (Executive Chairman)

 

 

 

 

About S(4) Capital

 

Our strategy is to build a purely digital advertising and marketing services
business for global, multinational, regional, and local clients, and
millennial-driven influencer brands. This will be achieved by integrating
leading businesses in two synchronised Practices: Marketing Services and
Technology services, along with an emphasis on 'faster, better, cheaper, more'
execution in an always-on consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure.

The Company now has approximately 6,500 people in 33 countries with
approximately 80% of net revenue across the Americas, 15% across Europe, the
Middle East and Africa and 5% across Asia-Pacific. The longer-term objective
is a geographic split of 60%:20%:20%. Marketing Services accounted for
approximately 90% of net revenue, and Technology Services 10%. The longer term
objective is a practice split of 75%:25%.

Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million 'shell'
company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services
company, with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion on the day he left.
Prior to that Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi
Company Plc for nine years.

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