8th Mar 2005 08:31
BG GROUP plc08 March 2005 Media Information 8 March 2005 BG Group announces Board retirements BG Group has today announced that three long-serving non-executive directors -Keith Mackrell, Elwyn Eilledge and Dame Stella Rimington DCB - will be standingdown from the Board at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be heldon 4 May 2005. Commenting, BG Group's Chairman, Sir Robert Wilson said: "I would like to express the Board's sincerest thanks to each of them for theirsupport and advice over many years. They have been on the Board during a periodof great change in BG Group and contributed importantly to the Company'ssuccess." Keith Mackrell, 72, joined the Board of British Gas in 1994 and was appointedDeputy Chairman in 2000. Elwyn Eilledge, 69, and Dame Stella Rimington, 69,joined the Board of BG plc in February 1997. In addition to his role as DeputyChairman, Keith Mackrell has also served as the Board's nominated SeniorIndependent Director since 2001. Paul Collins, currently a non-executivedirector, has agreed to serve as the Senior Independent Director from 4 May2005. Elwyn Eilledge has served as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee since 2000.This role will be taken on by Baroness Hogg whose appointment to the Board as anon-executive director was announced on 27 January 2005. -ends- Notes to Editors: BG Group plc is a global natural gas business. Active on five continents insome 20 countries, it operates four business segments - Exploration andProduction, LNG, Transmission and Distribution and Power. BG Group's Board of Directors comprises: Sir Robert Wilson KCMG, Chairman Frank Chapman, Chief Executive Ashley Almanza, Chief Financial Officer Peter Backhouse, Non-Executive Director Sir John Coles GCMG, Non-Executive Director Paul Collins, Non-Executive Director William Friedrich, Deputy Chief Executive and General Counsel Baroness Hogg, Non-Executive Director Lord Sharman, Non-Executive Director Enquiries: Media Jonathan Miller +44 (0) 118 929 3188 Out of hours media mobile: +44 (0) 791 718 5707 Investor Relations Chris Lloyd/Helen Parris/ Kate Bingham +44 (0) 118 929 3025 Website: www.bg-group.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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