Robert Walters Regulatory News (RWA)

11 October 2022  

ROBERT WALTERS PLC

('the Company' or 'the Group')

Directorate Change 

Robert Walters plc, the leading international recruitment group, today announces that after a comprehensive search and selection process, Leslie Van de Walle has been appointed Non-Executive Chair and will join the Board on 1 November 2022. Leslie will succeed Interim Chair Tanith Dodge who will remain on the Board as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director.

Leslie is a Non-Executive Director of HSBC UK Bank plc and will join the board of Greencore Group plc as Chair Designate in December 2022. He is also currently Chair of Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, although this business is at an advanced stage of being acquired by private equity investors. Leslie has held various non-executive roles and was previously Chair of SIG plc, as well as Deputy Chair at Crest Nicholson Holdings and Senior Independent Director of DCC plc. He also served as Chair of the Robert Walters Group between 2012 and 2018. Leslie's executive career has included serving as Group Chief Executive Officer at Rexam plc and Chief Executive Officer at United Biscuits plc.

Robert Walters, CEO, commented "I am delighted that Leslie has agreed to return to the Group as Chair, and I look forward to working with him moving forward. He will provide the Board with strong leadership and be a great support to both the Non-Executive Directors and the Executive team. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Tanith for her tenure as Interim Chair and I am pleased that she will remain with the Board as Senior Independent Director."

Leslie Van de Walle commented "I am excited to be re-joining the Robert Walters Group as Chair. I thoroughly enjoyed working with the Board and Executive team in my prior stint with the Group and am looking forward to getting started. The recruitment industry is so dynamic and fast-paced and to be once again working with one of the standard bearers of the industry is a real privilege."

There are no additional disclosures required to be made in accordance with LR 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

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About Robert Walters Group

The Robert Walters Group is a market-leading international specialist professional recruitment group with over 4,200 staff spanning 31 countries. We specialise in the placement of the highest calibre professionals across the disciplines of accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, HR, healthcare, IT, legal, sales, marketing, secretarial and support and supply chain, logistics and procurement. Our client base ranges from the world's leading blue-chip corporates and financial services organisations through to SMEs and start-ups. The Group's outsourcing division, Resource Solutions is a market leader in recruitment process outsourcing and managed services. www.robertwaltersgroup.com