31st Mar 2008 07:00
Centrica Appoints New MD Centrica Energy & Europe Centrica plc today announced the appointment of Mark Hanafin as its new ManagingDirector (MD) Centrica Energy & Europe, reporting to Chief Executive, SamLaidlaw. Mr Hanafin will be a Board Director of Centrica plc and a member of theCompany's Executive Committee. Mr Hanafin will replace Centrica's current MDCentrica Energy & Europe, Jake Ulrich who will be retiring from the company atthe end of July 2008. Mr Ulrich will resign as a director of the Centrica Boardat the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2008. Mark Hanafin will join Centrica on 14 July 2008 from Shell, where he isPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Energy North America based inHouston. Mr Ulrich, who has led Centrica's upstream operations for 11 years,will remain in post until Mr Hanafin joins Centrica and will also continue to bea member of the Centrica Executive Committee until 31 July 2008. Mr Hanafin has been at Shell for 21 years, holding a number of senior managementroles in marketing, trading and supply chain management before promotion to hiscurrent role which covers responsibilities in both the USA and Europe. MrHanafin is a Chartered Engineer with a First Class Honours degree from BrunelUniversity. Commenting on the appointment, Centrica Chairman, Roger Carr said, "I amdelighted that Mark is joining the team to support Sam in our continuedobjective of growing the upstream business. I would like to thank Jake for thegreat contribution that he has made at Centrica. He has been the driving forcein creating and building an upstream business for the group, sourcing, producingand trading the gas and energy for our British Gas customer base." Centrica Chief Executive Sam Laidlaw added, "Given his excellent midstream andtrading credentials as well as an extremely strong track record in developingsupply and marketing businesses Mark will be a huge asset to our management andboard teams and I look forward to working with him." Mr Hanafin said, "I am very much looking forward to joining Centrica and workingto continue to grow the current upstream portfolio. The group has a strong,diverse footprint with its current mix of assets and I believe there are someexciting opportunities to build on these for the future." There are no disclosures to be made pursuant to paragraph 9.6.13R (1) - (6) ofthe Listing Rules. \* TEnquiries:Centrica Media Relations: 08450 728801Centrica Investor Relations: 01753 494900\* T Copyright Business Wire 2008Related Shares:
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