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Directorate Change

12 Nov 2014 07:01

Capita plc - Directorate Change

Capita plc - Directorate Change

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London, November 11

12 November 2014 Capita Board Update Capita plc (Capita) today announces that Gordon Hurst will retire from Capitaand step down as Group Finance Director and from the Group Board with effectfrom 28 February 2015, after 27 years with the Company. Gordon will remainemployed by the Group as a consultant until 30 September 2015. Gordon has played a key role in supporting Capita's successful growth sincejoining the Company in 1988, including 19 years as a Group Board member andGroup Finance Director. He is leaving Capita to pursue a number ofnon-executive opportunities, alongside his role as Non-Executive Chairman ofFeaturespace, a Cambridge technology company at the forefront of adaptivebehavioural analytics. He intends to use the expertise that he has gained atCapita to advise other organisations regarding establishing and maintainingappropriate commercial and financial infrastructures to support growth andsustainability. In line with Capita's senior management succession plan, Nick Greatorex,currently Executive Director of Capita's Insurance & Benefits Servicesdivision, will join the Group Board and succeed Gordon as Group FinanceDirector effective from 1 March 2015. To ensure a seamless transition, Nickwill be released from his current role from 1 December 2014, allowing him towork closely alongside Gordon through the 2014 annual results and 2015 annualbusiness planning period before assuming the role of Group Finance Director inMarch. Nick Greatorex joined Capita in 2006 and has held a number of seniorcommercial, finance and management roles across the Group. He began his careerin Capita as commercial lead on some of Capita's largest major bids and went onto oversee the transition and development of these contracts. He then becameLife & Pensions Divisional Commercial Director, Insurance & Benefits ServicesDivisional Finance Director and is currently Executive Director of theInsurance & Benefits Services division. He was previously Chief FinancialOfficer of Liberata plc (now owned by HCL) and held senior merger andacquisition roles at a number of organisations, including Centrica plc. Hequalified as a chartered accountant in 1992 at Ernst & Young, where he spent 10years working in the UK and US. Andy Parker, Chief Executive of Capita plc, said: "Gordon has been an exceptional member of the Capita Board and has played a keyrole throughout his career at Capita in creating and overseeing robustcommercial and financial procedures and systems that have supported the Groupthroughout its consistent growth. He has built a strong team of legal,commercial and financial experts both centrally and across the divisions andtherefore leaves firm foundations to support the continued growth of the Group.His unique approach and straightforward manner will be truly missed and we allwish Gordon well in his future interests. Our robust succession planning has ensured that there is a strong team in placeto continue delivering success. On behalf of the Board and the wider Group, Ilook forward to welcoming Nick to the Board and his new role as Group FinanceDirector. He has in-depth experience of working in senior commercial andfinance roles right at the heart of Capita across a number of our major bidsand contracts and has played a key role in supporting and growing our Insurance& Benefits Services division. This combined with experience from his previousrole of CFO at Liberata plc and his work across different sectors andterritories will make him a strong addition to the Board and our leadershipteam." Gordon Hurst currently also holds the role of Company Secretary. To support thecontinued growth of the Group, the Board has decided to create a separateCompany Secretary role and has promoted the current Deputy Secretary, FrancescaTodd, to this role with immediate effect. ends Notes for Announcement: 1. Gordon Hurst will receive no further payments for salary following hisretirement on 30 September 2015. He will receive any bonus earned for the yearto 31 December 2014 as a cash payment at the end of February 2015. In respectof his share options that mature following the performance period to 31December 2014, these will be vested in accordance with performance conditionsachieved at the time of measurement. The remaining Long Term Incentive Plansand Deferred Annual Bonus Plan matching awards made in 2013 and 2014 will bepro-rated in line with service and will be exercisable at the end of thevesting periods. The Deferred Annual Bonus Plans that were awarded with thematching award will remain in place until the vesting period also. Malus willcontinue to apply for the Long Term Incentive Plans and Deferred Annual Bonusmatching awards in line with the Remuneration Policy. 2. Nick Greatorex's remuneration package will be disclosed in the Annual Reportand Accounts 2014 when they are finalised. 3. There is no additional information required to be disclosed pursuant toparagraph LR9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority forNick Greatorex. 4. Capita also announces today its interim management statement coveringtrading and financial progress to date in 2014. For further information: Capita plcTel: 020 7654 2219 Shona NicholsExecutive Director,Corporate Development & Communications Media enquiries only: Capita press officeCaroline MooneyTel: 020 7654 2152 or 020 7654 2399 (out of hours) Email: caroline.mooney@capita.co.uk Notes to editors Capita plc is the UK's leading provider of customer and business processmanagement (BPM) and integrated professional support service solutions. With64,000 people at more than 400 sites, including 73 business centres across theUK, Europe, India and South Africa, the Group uses its expertise,infrastructure and scale benefits to transform its clients' services, drivingdown costs and adding value. Capita is quoted on the London Stock Exchange(CPI.L), and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 with 2013 revenue of £3.9bn.Further information on Capita plc can be found at: www.capita.co.uk

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