Sappi Ltd.
Sir Nigel Rudd joins Sappi Limited Board
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31 March 2006
Sir Nigel Rudd joins Sappi Limited Board
Sappi Limited, the global pulp and paper group, today announced that Sir
Nigel Rudd will join the Sappi Limited Board with effect from 03 April 2006
as a non-executive director.
Sir Nigel Rudd (59), one of the United Kingdom’s most respected
businessmen, has held various senior management and board positions in a
career spanning more than 35 years. He founded Williams plc in 1982 and the
company went on to become one of the largest industrial holding companies
in the United Kingdom. He is chairman of Boots plc and Pendragon plc and
deputy chairman of Barclays plc. He is currently chairman of Pilkington
plc, but will step down from that position later this year once the
transaction with Nippon Sheet Glass has been completed.
Sappi chairman Eugene van As said today that ‘We are delighted that Nigel
Rudd is able to join the Sappi board. He brings a wealth of experience in
running diverse businesses and has a great deal of manufacturing and
international experience.’
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
Additional information on Sir Nigel Rudd, DL:
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
He founded Williams plc in 1982, one of the largest industrial holding
companies in the United Kingdom at the time of its de-merger in November
2000, creating Chubb plc and Kidde plc. He became the non-executive
chairman of Kidde plc until December 2003. He is deputy chairman of
Barclays plc and chairman of their remuneration committee.
He also holds a number of other public appointments including chairman of
the CBI Boardroom Issues Group.
He was knighted by the Queen for services to the manufacturing industry in
1996 and holds honorary degrees at both Loughborough and Derby
Universities. In 1995 he was awarded the Founding Societies Centenary Award
by the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of
Derbyshire and a Freeman of the City of London.
For further information:
André F Oberholzer
Group Head Corporate Affairs
Sappi Limited (Reg No 1936/008963/06)
Tel +27 (0)11 407 8044
Fax +27 (0)11 403 8236
Mobile +27 (0)83 235 2973
andre.oberholzer@sappi.com
Brunswick Group LLP
Roderick Cameron
Nonhlanhla Kumalo
Tel +27 (0) 11 268 5750
(c)DGAP 31.03.2006
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language: English
emitter: Sappi Ltd.
48 Ameshoff Street, Sappi House, Braamfontein
2001 Johannesburg Südafrika
phone: +27 (0)11 407 8391
fax: +27 (0)11 403 1493
email: richard.boorman@sappi.com
WWW: www.sappi.com
ISIN: ZAE000006284, DE0008843004, US8030692029,
WKN: 860275, 884300, 921789,
indexes:
stockmarkets: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart; Foreign Exchange(s) NYSE, London
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