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Britvic plc
9 February 2016
DIRECTORATE CHANGES
Britvic plc today announces the appointment of Euan Sutherland and Sue Clark as independent Non-Executive Directors of the Company with effect from 29th February 2016. Euan will also serve on Britvic's Audit Committee, and Sue on the Remuneration Committee. Bob Ivell will step down from the Board at the same date.
Euan is currently Group Chief Executive Officer of SuperGroup plc. Euan was previously Group Chief Executive Officer for the Co-op group of companies. Earlier in his career he was Group Chief Operating Officer at Kingfisher Plc, Chief Executive Officer of B&Q and Chief Executive of AS Watson UK, owner of Superdrug. Euan has over 22 years' experience within the retail and FMCG sectors having held roles with Boots, Dixons, Coca-Cola and Mars.
Sue is currently Managing Director of SABMiller Europe and is an executive committee member of the global brewer SABMiller plc. She joined SABMiller in 2003 as Corporate Affairs Director and was part of the executive team that built the business into a top 5 FTSE company. Before this, she held a number of senior roles in UK companies, including that of Director of Corporate Affairs for Railtrack Group and Scottish Power plc.
Commenting on the appointments, Gerald Corbett, Chairman, said:
"We are delighted to welcome Euan and Sue to the Board. Euan brings strong retail sector knowledge and general management and marketing experience. Sue has headed up corporate affairs at a number of large British companies and her latter experience running SABMiller Europe places her in a unique position to contribute to the development of Britvic. They are both strong additions to the Britvic Board as we look to continue to develop our business in the UK and internationally".
I would also like to pay tribute to Bob Ivell. Bob has been our Senior Independent Director since we floated over 10 years ago and has chaired our Remuneration Committee for the last 8 years. We will miss his wise counsel and wish him well in the future.
No further details remain to be disclosed for the above appointments as required under rule 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.
Jonathan Adelman
General Counsel and Company Secretary (Interim)