Directorate Change

14 Dec 2005 14:47

Leeds Building Society14 December 2005 14th December 2005 For Immediate Release Leeds Building Society appoints new non-executive director Leeds Building Society has appointed Carol Kavanagh as a non-executive director.Carol, 43, is Human Resources Director and one of only 9 directors on the mainboard at Argos Ltd, which has 650 stores and over 20,000 staff in the UK. Carol was born in Leeds and went on to Manchester University and NottinghamTrent University, where she achieved a BA (Hons) in Latin with French and an MAin Strategic Human Resource Management. During her successful career, Carol has gained over 20 years experience inretail and this will be her only non-executive appointment. She will continue inher senior role at Argos Ltd. Commenting on her appointment Carol said, "I was born in Leeds and have verystrong connections with the city. The opportunity to work for a highlysuccessful independent building society based in Leeds is particularly excitingand I look forward to strengthening and building even greater links in the area. "Financial Services is a growing area and I hope that my experience inretailing, combined with my expertise as a HR professional, will enable me toadd value to both customers and staff of the Society". Ian Ward, Chief Executive of Leeds Building Society said, "This is an excellentappointment and I am delighted to welcome Carol to the Board. Our success hasbeen based on offering value for money products to our members combined withexcellent customer service. Carol will assist us in developing our, alreadyhigh, levels of professionalism and enhancing our customer proposition further." Ends Notes to Editors The Society is the UK's eighth largest building society with assets of over£6.7bn and 58 branches. The Society has operated from the centre of Leeds since1886. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange