17th Jan 2005 10:01
NEW BOARD APPOINTMENTS FOR CABLE & WIRELESS Cable and Wireless plc today announced the appointment of Kate Nealon and AgnĬsTouraine as non-executive directors.Kate Nealon, 51, is currently a non-executive director at HBOS plc, the UK'slargest mortgage bank, and a non-executive director of Monitor, the independentregulator of the NHS Foundation trusts.She previously worked for Standard Chartered, an emerging markets bank withglobal operations based in the UK, as group head of legal and compliance from1992 to 2004. A US-qualified lawyer, she has practised international bankingand regulatory law in New York.AgnĬs Touraine, 49, was chairman and chief executive of Vivendi UniversalPublishing, the world's third-largest producer of consumer publications, from2000-2003. Having started her career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co, AgnĬsheld senior strategy planning and management positions within the LagardĬreGroup before joining Vivendi Universal Publishing (formerly Havas).She founded Act III Consultants, a management consulting firm, after leavingVivendi Universal Publishing at the end of 2003. She is a non-executivedirector of lastminute.com plc and a board member of Fondation de France.Both appointments take effect from January 18, 2005.Cable & Wireless chairman Richard Lapthorne said: "I am delighted that AgnĬsand Kate are bringing their skills and experience in international business toCable and Wireless. Both bring excellent track records of achievement at thehighest levels of management. They add to our strengths in their combination ofinternational business experience with their understanding and knowledge of theparticular roles of non-executive directors. These appointments further broadenthe skills of our board."Note to editorsThe existing Cable & Wireless Board comprisesChairman: Richard LapthorneDeputy Chairmen: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen GCMG; Robert Rowley.CEO: Francesco CaioCFO: Charles HerlingerExecutive Director, International Businesses: Harris JonesGroup Human Resources Director: George BattersbySenior non-executive director: Graham HoweNon-executive Directors: Bernard Gray, Anthony Rice, Kasper RorstedContacts:Investor Relations:Louise BreenDirector, Investor RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 4460Craig Thornton,Manager, Investor RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 6225Virginia PorterVP, Investor Relations and Assoc. General CounselTel: 001 212 551 3563Media:Lesley SmithDirector Corporate AffairsTel: +44 20 7315 4410Steve DoubleGroup Head of Media CommunicationsTel: +44 20 7315 6759Peter EustaceHead of Media RelationsTel: +44 20 7315 4495 AnnouncementENDRelated Shares:
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