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Compass Group CFO Karen Witts to Step Down; Palmer Brown Named as Successor

October 04, 2021 at 07:30 am

By Ian Walker

Compass Group PLC said Monday that Chief Financial Officer Karen Witts is stepping down from her role on Oct. 31 and that it has appointed Palmer Brown to replace her.

The U.K. catering contractor said that Mr. Brown will join the board as a director with immediate effect and become CFO on Nov. 1.

He is currently commercial director and was interim chief financial officer for a period between 2018 and 2019.

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Karen Witts

Presently, Karen Witts is Chief Financial Officer & Director at Compass Group Plc. Ms. Witts is also on the board of Compass Group Holdings Plc and Compass Group North America Investments No.2. In the past she was Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at Kingfisher plc, CFO-Africa, Middle East & Asia Region at Vodafone Group Plc, Managing Director-Operations at Openreach Ltd., Chief Financial Officer of BT Retail, Chief Financial Officer of BT Wholesale and Controller of Grand Metropolitan Plc. Ms. Witts received a graduate degree from The University of Edinburgh.

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