29th Dec 2008 12:00
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News Release |
29 December 2008
BG Group announces Board retirement
BG Group has today announced that Paul Collins, a non-executive director, will retire from the Board with effect from 31 December 2008.
BG Group Chairman, Sir Robert Wilson said: "I would like to express the Board's sincerest thanks to Paul for his support and advice over the past eight years. He has been on the Board during a period of great change in BG Group and has made an important contribution to the Company's success."
Paul Collins joined the Board of BG Group plc on 23 October 2000 and was nominated by the Board as the Senior Independent Director on 4 May 2005. Baroness Hogg who was appointed as a non-executive director on 27 January 2005 will assume the role of the Senior Independent Director with effect from 1 January 2009.
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Notes to Editors:
BG Group plc (LSE: BG.L) is a world leader in natural gas, with a strategy focused on connecting competitively-priced resources to specific, high-value markets. Active in 27 countries on five continents, BG Group has a broad portfolio of exploration and production, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), transmission and distribution and power generation business interests. It combines a deep understanding of gas markets with a proven track record in finding and commercialising reserves.
Baroness Hogg was appointed to the Board as a non-executive Director with effect from 27 January 2005. She is a former head of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit and has extensive experience of business, government and the media. She is chairman of 3i Group plc and Frontier Economics Ltd, a non-executive of Cadbury plc and is Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council.
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There are matters discussed in this media information that are forward looking statements. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of important factors which could cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements, refer to BG Group's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007. BG Group does not undertake any obligation to update publicly, or revise, forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required.
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