12th Oct 2007 - 00:00
Abstract
Compass Group, the world's largest contract caterer, has appointed Susan Murray as a non-executive director of the company.
And board member Peter Blackburn, who was appointed back in 2002, will step down on October 31st. The moves form part of what Compass calls "an ongoing review of board membership to ensure that an appropriate level of independent non-executive directors is maintained through orderly succession and without compromising the effectiveness of the board and its committees". Murray was a member of the board of Littlewoods Limited from October 1998 until January 2004, latterly as chief executive of Littlewoods Stores. Before that she was worldwide president and chief executive of The Pierre Smirnoff Company, part of Diageo plc. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a council member of the Advertising Standards Authority and a non-executive director of Enterprise Inns Plc, SSL International PLC, Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC and Imperial Tobacco PLC. She has also served as a non-executive director of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. Compass chairman Sir Roy Gardner said: "I am delighted that Susan Murray has agreed to join the board as a non-executive director. "Susan has a wealth of experience in high-profile marketing and management roles that will be invaluable to the board. I would also like to thank Peter Blackburn for his contribution to the deliberations of the board over the last five years." For more information about Compass click on the following www.compass-group.com.