Last checked at 23 Oct 2018 07:00
23 October 2018
ASOS plc ("the Company")
Board Change: CFO Appointment
The Board of ASOS plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Mathew Dunn to the role of Chief Financial Officer and to the main Board of the company. Mathew will take up his roles in the spring of 2019 on a date to be announced in due course.
Mathew has held a variety of senior management positions, including at SABMiller plc and most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Britvic plc.
Nick Beighton, ASOS CEO said "I'm looking forward to working with Mathew. He brings us a totally relevant mix of operational experience together with a history of implementing and overseeing finance systems at an international level".
Mathew Dunn said "I'm very much looking forward to working with the ASOS team. I'm motivated by their ambitious plans to realise the significant potential still ahead for the company".
The following additional information is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies:
Mathew James Dunn (aged 44)
Current directorships:
Britvic plc
Britannia Soft Drinks Limited
Britvic Asset Company No.1 Limited
Britvic Asset Company No.2 Limited
Britvic Asset Company No.3 Limited
Britvic Asset Company No.4 Limited
Britvic Beverages Limited*
Britvic Corona Limited*
Britvic International Investments Limited
Britvic International Support Services Limited
Britvic Overseas Limited
Britvic Soft Drinks Limited
British Vitamin Products Limited*
Greenbank Drinks Co Limited*
H.D. Rawlings Limited*
Hooper, Struve & Co Limited*
Idris Limited*
London Essence Co Limited (The)*
Orchid Drinks Limited
Red Devil Energy Drinks Limited
Robinsons (Finance) No.2 Limited
Robinsons Soft Drinks Limited
R. White & Sons Limited*
Southern Table Water Co Limited (The)*
Sunfresh Soft Drinks Limited*
The Really Wild Drinks Co Limited*
Britvic (Finance) Limited
Britvic (Finance) No. 2 Limited
Aquaporte Limited
Britvic Ireland Limited
Britvic Irish Holdings Limited
Britvic Licensed Wholesale Limited
Britvic Munster Limited
Britvic Northern Ireland Limited
Counterpoint Wholesale (Ireland) Limited
Counterpoint Wholesale (NI) Limited
Knockton Limited
Robinsons (Finance) Limited
Britvic Brasil Holdings SA
Empresa Brasileira de Bebidas e Alimentos SA ("EBBA")
Britvic Brands LLP
Companies marked * are dormant.
Previous directorships in the previous five years:
Skol Beer Manufacturing Company Limited (India) until February 2014
SABMiller India Limited (India) until February 2014
SABMiller Breweries Private Limited (India) until February 2014
SABMiller Holdings Inc (USA) until May 2015
SABMiller Asia Limited (Hong Kong) until February 2014
SABMiller Africa and Asia B.V. (UK establishment) until February 2014
SABMiller Asia Holdings Limited (UK) until August 2015
The South African Breweries (Pty) Limited (South Africa) until August 2015
SABSA Holdings Limited (South Africa) until August 2015
Appletiser South Africa (Pty) Limited (South Africa) until January 2015
SABMiller Finance B.V. (South Africa) until August 2015
China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (British Virgin Islands) until September 2015
China Capital Investments Limited (British Virgin Islands) until September 2015
China Glory Investments Limited (British Virgin Islands) until September 2015
Make Wish Investments Limited (British Virgin Islands) until September 2015
Max Shine International Limited (British Virgin Islands) until September 2015
CREB Licensing Limited (Mauritius) until September 2015
China Resources Snow Breweries (Suzhou) Investments Limited (Hong Kong) until September 2015
CRE Beverage Trading Limited (Hong Kong) until September 2015
Guangdong Kingway Sales Limited (Hong Kong) until September 2015
China Resources Snow Breweries (China) Investment Co. Limited (People's Republic of China) until September 2015
China Resources Snow Breweries (Wuhan) Co, Limited (People's Republic of China) until January 2015
China Resources Snow Breweries (Jiangsu) Co, Limited (People's Republic of China) until February 2014
China Resources Snow Breweries (Wuxi) Co, Limited (People's Republic of China) until December 2016
AustIndia PTY Limited (Australia) until August 2015
Linton Brewing PTY Limited (Australia) until August 2015
SAB Asia Capital LLP (Australia) until May 2015
SAB Australia Beverage Holdings LLP (Australia) until September 2015
SAB Financing Southern LLP (Australia) until September 2015
SAB Australia PTY Limited (Australia) until August 2015
SAB Beverage Investments PTY Limited (Australia) until August 2015
SAB Capital AU PTY Limited (Australia) until August 2015
SABMiller Capital Two PTY Limited (Australia) until June 2014
SABMiller Capital One PTY Limited (Australia) until June 2014
There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two Part (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information:
ASOS plc Nick Beighton, Chief Executive Greg Feehely, Director of Investor Relations | Tel: 020 7756 1000 |
Instinctif Partners Matthew Smallwood / Justine Warren / Tom Berger | Tel: 020 7457 2020 |
JPMorgan Cazenove (Nominated Advisor) Michael Wentworth-Stanley / Bill Hutchings | Tel: 020 7742 4000 |
Numis Securities Alex Ham / Luke Bordewich / Tom Ballard | Tel: 020 7260 1000 |
Background note
ASOS is a global fashion destination for 20-somethings, selling all the freshest styles complemented by exclusive content, making ASOS.com the hub of a thriving fashion community and giving our audience the confidence to be whoever they want to be. ASOS sells over 87,000 branded and ASOS Brand products through localised app and mobile/desktop web experiences, delivering from fulfilment centres in the UK, US and Europe. ASOS curates a mix of our in-house designed labels, ASOS DESIGN, ASOS EDITION, ASOS WHITE and ASOS 4505, with global and local brands sold through our own channels to deliver a locally relevant offer. Our ground-breaking propositions help bring our amazing products to almost every country in the world and we serve customers globally with increasingly tailored local experiences: relevant languages, payment methods and delivery and return options. You can currently shop ASOS in over 200 markets, in eight languages, using an ever greater number of different payment methods, with hundreds of local deliveries and returns options from pick up and drop off networks to Next-Day Delivery. We aim to give all our global customers a truly frictionless experience.
ASOS's websites attracted 157.2m visits during August 2018 (August 2017: 135.7m) and as at 31 August 2018 had 18.4m active customers1 (31 August 2017: 15.4m), of which 6.0m were located in the UK and 12.4m were located in international territories (31 August 2017: 5.2m in the UK and 10.2m internationally).