Last checked at 26 Oct 2010 07:00
APPOINTMENT OF NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR
The Board of T. Clarke plc ("T. Clarke" or the "Group"), the building services group, is pleased to announce the appointment to the Board of Martin Walton as Group Finance Director and Company Secretary with immediate effect.
Martin, 46, is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in senior finance management positions with BDO Stoy Hayward, KPMG and London Transport. He has significant experience of working with listed public limited companies and large private companies across a number of industries and in the construction sector including Skanska and Multiplex. Martin knows T.Clarke well and has been with the Group for the past three years as Group Financial Controller. He has played a major role in improving the Group's financial controls and simplifying the reporting structure, including the development and implementation of a new IT platform to help manage our internal controls and management reporting.
The Group has also recruited a new Group Financial Controller, who will be supporting Martin. Kim Thistleton has joined the Group from accountancy firm Reeves & Neyland. She knows the T.Clarke business well and has audited a group subsidiary for some years.
Mark Lawrence, Chief Executive commented,
"We are delighted to announce that the Board has decided to appoint Martin as Finance Director. He has nearly twenty years of experience of working with major PLCs in the sector and we have been impressed by the impact he has made since joining us. He has an excellent knowledge of the industry and its challenges. Having been with us for three years, Martin understands our business intimately and is well known by our teams in London and the regions.
" I am confident that Martin will continue to make a significant contribution to running the Group and supporting the Board. I look forward to forging a strong business partnership with him as we take the Group forward."
Martin does not hold any shares in T.Clarke plc. There is no further information relating to the appointment of Martin which would require disclosure under 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
-ends-
Date: 26th October 2010
For further information contact:
T. Clarke plc
Mark Lawrence, Group Chief Executive
Tel: 020-7358-5000
City Profile
Simon Courtenay
Tel: 020-7448-3244
www.tclarke.co.uk