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20 February 2020
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC
Directorate Change - Appointment of Supriya Uchil and James Bilefield
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC ("Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Supriya Uchil as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 March 2020 and James Bilefield as Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 May 2020. They will also be appointed as members of the Audit, Nomination, Risk and Remuneration Committees of the Board with effect from the same dates.
Subject to regulatory approval, James will succeed Andrew Fisher as Remuneration Committee Chair. Andrew, as previously announced, is due to step down on 8 May 2020.
Supriya is the product-focused Non-Executive Director of Depop.com, a peer-to-peer social shopping app. Previously, she was Chief Product Officer of Booking Go, part of Booking.com, between 2016 and 2018, and prior to that held senior roles at Amazon.com. Supriya is also a product and digital transformation adviser.
James is currently Chair of SThree plc and Non-Executive Director of Stagecoach Group plc, where he has served as a member of the Remuneration Committee since 2016. Previously, James was Non-Executive Chair of Cruise.co and Ticketscript. During his executive career, James held senior roles at Condé Nast, OpenX, Skype, Yahoo! and JP Morgan Chase.
Announcing the appointments, Robin Freestone, Chair of the Company, said: "I am very pleased that Supriya and James have agreed to join our Board as Non-Executive Directors. With Supriya and James' product and digital experience, they will be valuable additions and complement the diverse backgrounds and experience of our Board."
There is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13R relating to Supriya Uchil or James Bilefield.
Katherine Bellau
Company Secretary
The appointment of James Bilefield as Remuneration Committee Chair, an FCA controlled function, is subject to his prior approval by the FCA in accordance with section 59 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Moneysupermarket.com Financial Group Limited, a subsidiary of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC, is authorised and regulated by the FCA.