Rexam appoints new non executive director

3 April 2012

Rexam appoints new non executive director

Rexam PLC, the global consumer packaging company, announces that Johanna Waterous is to join the Board as a non executive director on 4 May 2012 and will assume the role of senior independent director.

Johanna is a former director of McKinsey, the global management consulting firm,and a leading European expert in retail and customer relationship management. She has worked with clients in the UK, North America, continental Europe, South Africa, India and China. She is currently a non executive director of RSA Insurance Group plc and Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc. She is also chairman of Sandpiper CI Limited, a director of the RBG Kew Foundation and an operating partner of Duke Street LLP.

Commenting on the appointment, Stuart Chambers, Rexam's chairman, said: "We are delighted to welcome Johanna to Rexam. Her experience of the global retail world and as a FTSE100 non executive will be a great asset to the Board and to Rexam."

There are no further details to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13 (2) to (6) of the Listing Rules.

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