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26 January 2021
GREENCORE GROUP PLC
('Greencore' or the 'Group')
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Greencore announces the following Board Committee compositional changes following the retirement of Non-Executive Directors, Ms Heather Ann McSharry and Mr John Warren today.
Ms Helen Weir will assume the role of Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee with effect from today. Mr Gordon Hardie, Ms Linda Hickey and Ms Anne O'Leary will join the Audit and Risk Committee with effect from 1 February 2020, whilst Ms Sly Bailey will retire from the Audit and Risk Committee on the same day.
Ms Linda Hickey, who joins the Board with effect from 1 February 2021, will assume the role as Chair of the Remuneration Committee with effect from her appointment.
Mr John Amaechi, who joins the Board with effect from 1 February 2021, and Mr Paul Drechsler will also join the Nomination and Governance Committee on 1 February 2021 whilst Mr Gordon Hardie will retire from the Nomination and Governance Committee on the same day.
Full details of the Board and Committee composition are available on the Group's website, www.greencore.com.
Jolene Gacquin
Group Company Secretary
Greencore Group plc
No. 2 Northwood Avenue
Northwood Business Park
Santry
Dublin 9
Telephone: +353 (0) 1 605 1000
About Greencore
We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. We supply all of the major supermarkets in the UK. We also supply convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice and other retailers. We have strong market positions in a range of categories including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, chilled ready meals, chilled soups and sauces, chilled quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.
In FY20 we manufactured 619m sandwiches and other food to go products, 116m chilled prepared meals, and 264m bottles of cooking sauces, pickles and condiments. We carry out more than 10,000 direct to store deliveries each day. We have 16 world-class manufacturing sites in the UK, with industry-leading technology and supply chain capabilities. We generated revenues of £1.3bn in FY20 and employ approximately 12,200 people.
We are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. For further information go to www.greencore.com or follow Greencore on social media.