Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman
01/11/2007
Further to the announcement released on 11 September 2007, Lars Emilson, who joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 14 September 2007, has today become Chairman of the Company in succession to David Gawler, who retired from the Board on 31 October 2007.
Lars Emilson, Chairman of Charter plc, said “I am delighted to have become Chairman of Charter plc and look forward to working with the other Non-Executive Directors and the Executive team to ensure the continued success of the Company going forward.”
Contact
Andrew Fenwick; Pamela Small, Brunswick +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
Internet users will be able to view this announcement, together with other information about
Charter plc at the company’s web site www.charterplc.com
Note to Editors:
Lars Emilson, 66, has led a distinguished international business career, having held a number of senior executive positions over many years. He has lived and worked in Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom. He joined PLM AB, a Swedish pan-European packaging group in 1970 after graduating in economics from Lund University, Sweden and was appointed Chief Executive of PLM in 1999 shortly before it was acquired by Rexam plc. In 2000 he joined the Board of Rexam with responsibility for the worldwide beverage can business, becoming Chief Executive from 2004 to 2007. He retired from Rexam on 31 January 2007 and has subsequently become a non-executive director of Filtrona plc.