14th Oct 2010 10:00
AMEC plc
14 October 2010
AMEC announces new board director
AMEC plc, the international engineering and project management company, today announces that Colin Day has joined the board as a non-executive director.
Colin Day has been an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer at Reckitt Benckiser Group plc since 2000. An FCCA, his prior experience includes senior finance roles at Aegis Group plc, ABB Group and De La Rue plc. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of WPP Group plc and has previously served on the boards of Cadbury plc and easyJet plc, amongst others.
AMEC Chairman, Jock Green-Armytage said: "Colin's appointment adds further strength to the AMEC plc board. He brings both a depth of commercial expertise gained in his role of Chief Financial Officer and significant experience as a non-executive director for a number of different companies. This will be invaluable as AMEC embeds its Vision 2015."
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Samir Brikho, Chief Executive |
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Ian McHoul, Chief Financial Officer |
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Sue Scholes, Director of Communications |
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Notes to editors:
Colin Day
Colin Day is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, UK. He is currently an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc and a Non-Executive Director of WPP Group plc.
He has previously been a Non-Executive Director of: Cadbury plc (2008 - 2010); Imperial Tobacco plc (2005 - 2007); easyJet plc (2000 - 2005); Bell Group plc (1999 - 2004); and Vero Group Plc (1996 - 1998).
Career History
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2000 - to date |
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, Reckitt Benckiser Group plc |
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1995 - 2000 |
Group Finance Director, Aegis Group plc |
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1988 - 1994 |
ABB Group; initially Group Finance Director, ABB Instrumentation Ltd, then Group Finance Director ABB Kent plc |
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1980 - 1988 |
Various finance roles, latterly Group Financial Controller, Crosfield Electronics, De La Rue Group plc |
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1973 - 1979 |
Various finance roles at Kodak and British Gas |
AMEC plc
AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of high-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world's natural resources, nuclear, clean energy, water and environmental sectors. With annual revenues of over £2.5 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. The company employs some 23,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide. See amec.com.
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