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Carillion plc
(the 'Company')
Board Appointment
Carillion plc is pleased to announce that Sally Morgan has been appointed a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 July 2017. Sally will serve on the Audit, Remuneration, Nomination, Sustainability and Business Integrity Committees.
Baroness Sally Morgan of Huyton is a Non-Executive Director of Dixons Carphone plc and Countryside Properties PLC. From 2001 to 2005, she was director of government relations at 10 Downing Street. Prior to this, Baroness Morgan was political secretary to the Prime Minister and was appointed Minister for Women and Equalities in 2001. In 2006, she was appointed as a board member of the Olympic Delivery Authority. She was previously Chair of Ofsted and a member of the advisory committee of Virgin Group Holdings Limited.
Currently she is Chair of Ambition School Leadership (a UK charity training potential head teachers for challenging schools) and adviser to Ark which runs academies in the UK and works internationally in education. She is Chairman of Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust and Deputy Chairman of the Council of King's College London.
Commenting, Carillion Chairman Philip Green said, "We are delighted that Sally Morgan has joined the Board. Her considerable experience as a business leader will enable her to make a valuable contribution to the future development of Carillion."
There are no disclosures in respect of paragraph 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the FCA's Listing Rules.
Richard Tapp
Company Secretary
30 June 2017
Tel: 01902 422431