Hays Regulatory News (HAS)

Hays plc

LEI code: 213800QC8AWD4BO8TH08

28 August 2018

DIRECTORATE CHANGE

Further to its announcement on 23 July 2018, Hays plc (the Company), the leading global specialist recruitment company, is pleased to announce that Andrew Martin has been appointed to the role of Chairman of the Company on a permanent basis with effect from today. Andrew is also appointed to the role of Chairman of the Nomination Committee. He will not serve on any other Committees of the Company.

The Company confirms that there is no further information about Andrew Martin requiring disclosure under paragraph 9.6.13 (1) to (6) of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

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Andrew Martin, a Chartered Accountant, was, until 2015, Group Chief Operating Officer, Europe and Japan, for Compass Group plc, having previously been their Group Finance Director from 2004 to 2012. Before joining Compass Group, Andrew was Group Finance Director at First Choice Holidays plc and prior to that held a number of Senior Finance roles at Granada Group plc, having trained as an accountant at Peat Marwick before moving to Arthur Andersen where he became a partner.

Since 2011 Andrew has been a Non-Executive Director of easyJet plc, chairing their Finance Committee, has been a Non-Executive Director at Intertek Group plc since 2016, chairing their Audit Committee since 2017, and in July 2018 Andrew was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the John Lewis Partnership Board and Chair of their Audit and Risk Committee.