22nd Mar 2005 10:19
Laird Group PLC22 March 2005 LAIRD ANNOUNCES THE RETIREMENT OF MR DAVID MORTON The Laird Group announced today that Mr. David Morton, Senior IndependentNon-Executive Director, will retire from the Board at the Annual General Meetingon 13 May 2005 having served 7 years. Mr. Morton has had a long and distinguished international business career andwas formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alcan Aluminium Limited. Heis a non-executive director of Methanex Corporation, Canadian Overseas PackagingIndustries and the Trust Companies of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Mr. John McDowall, CBE, currently Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of theBoard will become Senior Independent Non-Executive Director upon Mr. Morton'sretirement. Mr. Anthony Reading who was appointed a non-executive director inSeptember 2004 will become Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in May 2005. Announcing the retirement of Mr. David Morton, Nigel Keen, Chairman of The LairdGroup said:- "On behalf of my Board colleagues, I would like to thank David for his valuableservice and extensive contribution to the development of the Group. He retireswith out best wishes for a long and productive retirement." For enquiries: The Laird Group PLC The Maitland Consultancy Peter Hill, Chief Executive Brian Hudspith Jonathan Silver, Finance Director Charlotte Barker Tel: 020 7468 4040 Tel: 020 7379 5151 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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