19th Sep 2006 16:00
Rexam PLC19 September 2006 Rexam names new Chief Executive Rexam, the global consumer packaging company and the world's leading beveragecan maker, is pleased to announce that the Board has decided to appoint LeslieVan de Walle to succeed Lars Emilson as Chief Executive. He will join the Boardbefore the end of this year and take over as Chief Executive on 1 February 2007when Lars retires from the Board. Leslie is currently Executive Vice President of Global Retail of the Royal DutchShell Group and is based in London. He has been with Royal Dutch Shell since2000, prior to which he was the Chief Executive of United Biscuits plc for whomhe worked for six years. He is also a non executive director of Aegis plc. Leslie, who is 50 years old, was born and educated in France. He graduated fromthe Hautes Etudes Commerciales in 1979 and started his career with the DanoneGroup before joining Cadbury Schweppes in 1984. There he held a number of seniorinternational management positions in their soft drinks business before joiningUnited Biscuits in 1994. He is married with two daughters and has been living in London since 1994. Commenting on the appointment, Rolf Borjesson, Rexam's Chairman said: "The Boardis naturally delighted at having secured the services of a truly globally mindedleader such as Leslie. His experience of beverage and food retail along with hisinternational business to business background will be of great value to thecompany as we continue to pursue our strategy for growth and leadership in ourindustry. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Lars for the tremendouscontribution he has made to Rexam and, indeed, consumer packaging as a whole, inhis 36 year career in the business. He will hand over to Leslie a company ofwhich we can all feel proud." 19 September 2006 Enquiries Rolf Borjesson, Chairman +44 20 7227 4100David Robbie, Group Finance DirectorAndrew Mills, Group Communications Director Financial DynamicsRichard Mountain +44 20 7269 7291 Rexam is a leading global consumer packaging company and the largest beveragecan maker in the world. Our vision is to be the leading global consumerpackaging company. We are business partners to many of the world's most famousand successful consumer brands as well as young, entrepreneurial start-ups. Weoffer a broad range of packaging services and solutions for differentindustries, using different materials and technologies. We have some 25,500people in more than 20 countries. Three things characterise us - leadership inour industry, our commitment to innovation and our passion to deliverexceptional value. Rexam has an ongoing turnover of approximately £3.4 billionand is a member of the FTSE 100. Rexam's ordinary shares are listed with the UKListing Authority and trade on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol REX.For further information, visit Rexam's web site at www.rexam.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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