10th Apr 2012 07:00
10 April 2012
Dame Helen Alexander to succeed John Botts as Chairman of UBM plc
UBM plc is pleased to announce that Dame Helen Alexander will join the Board as a non-executive director on 10 May 2012 and will succeed John Botts as Chairman following the Company's Annual General Meeting which will be held on 11 May 2012. John Botts will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
Biographical details for Dame Helen Alexander are included in the Notes to Editors below. There are no other matters relating to Dame Helen Alexander's appointment requiring disclosure under Listing Rule 9.6.13.
Dame Helen Alexander said:
"I am delighted to join the Board of UBM plc and I look foward to working closely with the Board, and with David Levin and his executive management team to continue the development of UBM."
John Botts, retiring Chairman of UBM plc, said:
"Dame Helen most certainly brings both a broad business background and particular experience of the business media sector which will serve UBM's Board and shareholders well. I am delighted that she has agreed to become Chairman. It has been a privilege to be associated with UBM's strong and able Board and with our remarkably talented people around the world, especially the senior executive management team. Under David Levin's leadership UBM is well positioned for continued growth and expansion internationally."
David Levin, Chief Executive Officer of UBM plc said:
"I am delighted to welcome Dame Helen to the UBM Board as John Botts' successor as Chairman. Dame Helen has deep and rich business, media and content experience and expertise, and I look forward to working closely with her as we continue to build UBM."
"On behalf of the Board I would like to thank John Botts for the huge contribution he has made to UBM over the course of more than a decade as director and over the last five years as our Chairman. I am fortunate to have worked alongside John since I joined UBM in 2005 and I would like to thank him personally for both his valued support and wise counsel offered throughout that period, and for his energy and commitment in representing UBM around the world. We all wish him the very best for the future."
- Ends - ContactsMedia Peter Bancroft Director of Communications E-mail [email protected] Direct telephone +44 20 7921 5961 Chris Barrie Citigate Dewe Rogerson E-mail [email protected] Direct telephone +44 20 7282 2943 Mobile +44 796 872 72 89 Analysts/Investors James O'Shaughnessy Investor Relations Manager Email [email protected] Direct telephone +44 20 7921 5095 Notes to Editors
1. Dame Helen Alexander biographical details
Dame Helen Alexander is chairman of the Port of London Authority, Incisive Media and deputy chairman of esure Group Holdings, a non-executive director at Rolls-Royce Group plc, and senior adviser to Bain Capital. She was President of the CBI 2009-2011, and Chief Executive of the Economist Group until 2008, having joined the company in 1985 and been managing director of the Economist Intelligence Unit from 1993 to 1997. She was also a non-executive director of Centrica PLC from 2003 to 2011.
Dame Helen is also Chancellor of the University of Southampton, and is involved in other not-for-profit organizations in education, media, the internet and the arts. She has an MBA from INSEAD and is an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford.
2. About UBM plc
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.
For more information, go to www.ubm.com
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