25th Jul 2005 14:17
WPP Group PLC25 July 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 July 2005 WPP GROUP PLC ("WPP") COLIN DAY APPOINTED TO WPP BOARD WPP announces the appointment of Colin Day, Group Chief Financial Officer ofReckitt Benckiser, as non-executive director. He joins the Board of WPP withimmediate effect. Mr Day, aged 50, is a highly-regarded financier with more than 25 years'experience of blue chip companies, including Aegis Group Plc, ABB Group, De LaRue Group Plc and British Gas. For the last five years he has been Group ChiefFinancial Officer of Reckitt Benckiser Plc, the global household cleaningproducts company, which has operations in some 70 countries, sales in 180 andnet revenues of nearly £4 billion. In this role he is responsible for financialcontrols and reporting, treasury, tax, corporate development, legal affairs andinternal audit. Prior to Reckitt Benckiser, between 1995 and 2000, Colin Day was Group FinanceDirector of Aegis Group Plc, the media communications and market researchcompany. Previously, in 1988, he joined ABB Group as Group Finance Director ofABB Kent Plc, later moving to Group Finance Director of ABB Instrumentation Ltd.Earlier, he spent eight years at De La Rue Group Plc, in various financial andaccounting roles, ultimately becoming Group Financial Controller of a De La RueGroup subsidiary. Mr Day started his career in 1973 as a trainee accountant atKodak, moving to British Gas a year later working on internal audit, managementand project accounts. For further information please contact: Feona McEwan, WPP 44-20 7408 2204www.wpp.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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