ASOS PLC Appointment of Patrick Kennedy to the Board (2749Y)
January 13 2022 - 2:03AM
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ASOS PLC
13 January 2022
13 January 2022
ASOS plc
("the Company")
Appointment of Patrick Kennedy as Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director
ASOS plc today announces the appointment of Patrick Kennedy,
Chairman of Bank of Ireland Group plc and the former Chief
Executive of Paddy Power plc, to its Board of Directors (the
"Board") with immediate effect.
Patrick replaces Ian Dyson as the Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair, following Ian's
appointment as Non-Executive Chair of the Board on 29 November
2021.
In a 30-year career in business, Patrick has held a range of
senior roles, having started his career at KPMG and McKinsey &
Company. From 2006 to 2014 he was Chief Executive of Paddy Power
plc and before that worked for Greencore Group plc, including as
Chief Financial Officer. He is currently Chairman of Bank of
Ireland, Chairman of CarTrawler, the B2B travel technology company,
and Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Rugby Football Union. He was
previously a non-executive director of Elan Corporation plc, where
he chaired the Leadership, Development and Compensation Committee,
and a non-executive director of Paddy Power plc, where he chaired
the Audit Committee.
Ian Dyson said:
"On behalf of the Board, I'd like to warmly welcome Patrick to
ASOS. His deep experience across a diverse range of businesses will
complement the existing skillset of the Board as ASOS embarks on
its next phase of growth."
The following additional information is provided in accordance
with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Patrick Kennedy (age 52) holds or has held the following
directorships or partnerships in the past five years:
Current Past
Bank of Ireland Group plc Ireland Rugby World Cup Bid
The Governor and Company of 2023 Oversight Board
the Bank of Ireland Mustang Holdco Limited
Belfast Group Holdings Limited
Patrick holds 23,000 ordinary shares in the Company.
There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant
to Schedule Two Part (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information
ASOS plc Tel: 020 7756 1000
Mathew Dunn, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial
Officer
Taryn Rosekilly, Director of Investor Relations
Website: www.asosplc.com/investors
Headland Consultancy Tel: 020 3805 4822
Susanna Voyle/Stephen Malthouse
JPMorgan Cazenove (Nominated Advisor) Tel: 020 7742 4000
Bill Hutchings/Will Vanderspar
Numis Securities Tel: 020 7260 1000
Alex Ham/Jonathan Wilcox/Tom Jacob
Berenberg Tel: 020 3207 7800
Michelle Wilson/Jen Clarke
Background note
ASOS is a destination for fashion-loving 20-somethings around
the world, with a purpose to give its customers the confidence to
be whoever they want to be. Through its app and mobile/desktop web
experience, available in ten languages and in over 200 markets,
ASOS customers can shop a curated edit of over 90,000 products,
sourced from nearly 900 global and local third-party brands
alongside a mix of fashion-led own-brand labels - ASOS Design, ASOS
Edition, ASOS 4505, Collusion, Reclaimed Vintage, Topshop, Topman,
Miss Selfridge and HIIT. ASOS aims to give all of its customers a
truly frictionless experience, with an ever-greater number of
different payment methods and hundreds of local delivery and return
options, including Next-Day Delivery and Same-Day Delivery,
dispatched from state-of-the-art fulfilment centres in the UK, US
and Germany.
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