31 Oct 2016 07:00
For immediate release | 31 October 2016 |
WALKER GREENBANK PLC
("Walker Greenbank" or the "Company")
Fiona Holmes joins as Brands Director
Walker Greenbank PLC (AIM: WGB), the luxury interior furnishings group, announces that Fiona Holmes, whose appointment as Managing Director - Brands and Executive Director to the Board of the Company was announced on 8 June 2016, is joining the Company today.
As previously announced, Fiona is joining the Company from the FTSE-250 retailer N Brown Group plc, where she has worked for the past seven years most recently as the managing director of figleaves.com.
Further to the Company's announcement of 8 June 2016, there is no additional information to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information:
Walker Greenbank PLC | +44 (0) 844 543 4668 |
John Sach, Chief Executive Mike Gant, Chief Financial Officer | |
Caroline Geary, Company Secretary | |
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser and Broker) | +44 (0) 20 7597 5970 |
Garry Levin / David Anderson / Alex Wright - Corporate Finance | |
Henry Reast - Corporate Broking | |
Buchanan | +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
Mark Court / Sophie Cowles / Catriona Flint |
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About Walker Greenbank
Walker Greenbank PLC is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers and fabrics together with a wide range of ancillary interior products. The Company's brand portfolio - comprising Sanderson, Morris & Co, Harlequin, Zoffany, Scion and Anthology - spans heritage and contemporary design and its products are sold in more than 85 countries worldwide. The Company derives significant licensing income from the use of its designs in lifestyle products such as bed linen, rugs and tableware.
The Company employs more than 600 people and has showrooms in London, New York, Paris, Amsterdam and Dubai along with partnership showrooms in Moscow and in Shenzhen, China. Its UK manufacturing base, which includes a wallpaper factory in Loughborough and a fabric printing factory in Lancaster, manufactures product both for the Group and for other wallpaper and fabric brands. Continued investment in manufacturing has allowed the Group to offer a wide range of printing techniques.
Walker Greenbank trades on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WGB.
For further information please visit: www.walkergreenbank.com/