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06/12/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 7718V  Smith & Nephew Plc  06 December 2023

 

Smith+Nephew announces change in Audit Committee Chair

 

6 December 2023

Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology business,
announces that Rick Medlock has notified the Board of his decision not to
submit himself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director at the next annual
general meeting of the Company.

Jez Maiden, Non-Executive Director, will be appointed Chair of the Audit
Committee with effect from 1 March 2024.

The Board would like to thank Rick for his commitment and contribution to the
Board and the Company and to congratulate Jez on his new appointment.

Enquiries

 Investors / Analysts

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Smith+Nephew

 Media

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Brunswick

 

Jez Maiden Biography

Key skills and competencies

Jez joined the Board in 2023 and has extensive financial experience across a
diverse range of industries and sectors. Jez was Chief Financial Officer of 5
UK-listed companies over a period of 24 years and has served as a
Non-Executive Director on boards of companies addressing strategic and
operational challenges across a number of different industries, including
life-sciences and healthcare. He was previously Chair of the Audit Committee
at Synthomer PLC and PZ Cussons plc.

Current external appointments

 

Senior Independent Director, Travis Perkins plc. Non-Executive Director and
member of the Audit Committee at Intertek Group plc.

Previous experience

 

Jez retired in 2023 as Group Finance Director at Croda International plc, the
FTSE 100 global speciality chemicals company, and previously held similar
roles at National Express Group plc and Northern Foods Limited. He has served
as the Senior Independent Director at Synthomer PLC and at both PZ Cussons plc
and Synthomer PLC he chaired the Audit Committee and served on the
Remuneration Committee. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Management Accountants.

 

About Smith+Nephew

 

Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business that exists to restore
people's bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits
off living. We call this purpose 'Life Unlimited'. Our 19,000 employees
deliver this mission every day, making a difference to patients' lives
through the excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and
application of new technologies across our three global business units of
Orthopaedics, Advanced Wound Management and Sports Medicine & ENT.

 

Founded in Hull, UK, in 1856, we now operate in more than 100 countries, and
generated annual sales of $5.2 billion in 2022. Smith+Nephew is a constituent
of the FTSE100 (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN). The terms 'Group' and 'Smith+Nephew' are
used to refer to Smith & Nephew plc and its consolidated subsidiaries,
unless the context requires otherwise.

 

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