Imperial Brands said it appointed Informa's John Rishton as its chair designate.
The U.K. tobacco manufacturer on Tuesday said that Rishton, who currently chairs FTSE 100 events and academic-publishing group Informa and is a nonexecutive director of drinks company Diageo, will join the board on July 13.
Rishton will replace Therese Esperdy as chair on Dec. 1 when she retires from the role, it added.
Mr. John F. Rishton is a Chairman at Serco Group Plc, a Chairman-Elect at Informa Plc and an Independent Non-Executive Director at Unilever Plc. He is on the Board of Directors at Majid Al Futtaim Properties LLC, Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd., Unilever Plc, ABP (Jersey) Ltd., ABPA Holdings Ltd., Associated British Ports, Unilever Group and Unilever International Holdings NV. Mr. Rishton was previously employed as an Independent Non-Executive Director by Unilever NV, a Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director by Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, a Chief Executive Officer & Director by Rolls-Royce Plc, an Independent Non-Executive Director by Rolls-Royce Group Plc, a Vice Chairman by ICA AB, a Chief Financial Officer by British Airways Plc, a Principal by Ford Motor Co., a Non-Executive Director by Allied Domecq Ltd., and a President & Chief Executive Officer by Royal Ahold NV. He also served on the board at ADS Group Ltd. He received his undergraduate degree from The University of Nottingham.
Informa PLC specializes in organizing events and publishing books, documents and journals. The activity is organized around four sectors:
- organization of exhibitions;
- publishing of academic and scientific research contents: human and social sciences, technology, medicine, physical sciences, etc.;
- publishing of professional and commercial contents: sciences and health, finances, legal sciences, trading, transport, telecommunication, etc.;
- organization of conferences and professional training trade shows.
The group's contents are marketed in the form of publications on paper, electronic download, and CD-ROM.
Net sales break down by activity into sale of organization of events (46%), sale of subscriptions (17.5%), sale of advertising space (7%) and other (29.5%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (5.5%), Continental Europe (11.4%), North America (49.3%), China (13.1%) and others (20.7%).
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