Burberry appoints new non-executive director
The company has also announced that Matthew Key will be retiring as a non-executive director following completion of 9 years' service
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Burberry Group has announced that Alan Stewart has been appointed to the board as a non-executive director and member of the Audit and nomination committees, with effect from 1 September 2022.
The company has also announced that Matthew Key will be retiring as a non-executive director following completion of nine years’ service.
It is anticipated that Stewart will replace Key as audit committee chair at that time.
Stewart is a non-executive director on the boards of Diageo plc and Reckitt Benckiser Group plc where he chairs the audit committee and the remuneration committee respectively.
He was previously a non-executive director and audit committee chair of Games Workshop Group plc from 1996 to 2009.
Gerry Murphy, chair, said: “Alan is a highly experienced chief financial officer and non-executive director of major international public companies. We are delighted that he has accepted our invitation to join the Burberry board.”
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank Matthew for his outstanding service to Burberry. The board and I look forward to his continuing counsel and leadership of the audit committee over the coming months”
