13 December 2024
NatWest Group
plc
Directorate
Changes
Further to the announcement on 26 July 2024,
NatWest Group plc ('NWG') announces that Mark Seligman,
non-executive director and Senior Independent
Director, will retire from the NWG Board on 31 March 2025. Lena
Wilson, independent non-executive director, will assume the role of
Senior Independent Director from 1 April 2025.
In addition, NWG
announces the appointment of Gill Whitehead as an independent
non-executive director with effect from
8th January 2025.
Rick Haythornthwaite, Chair of NWG,
said:
"I would like to thank Mark Seligman for his
significant contribution to the Board and its committees since his
appointment in April 2017. During his tenure, Mark has dedicated
significant time to NatWest and has been a highly valued director
and colleague. We will miss his wise counsel and contributions
around the Board table. He leaves with our very best wishes for the
future.
Lena Wilson is a highly experienced Board member
who has demonstrated strong leadership and is highly regarded by
her fellow directors. I am confident she will make a valuable
contribution to the Board as Senior Independent Director. In
addition, Lena will continue to chair the Group Performance &
Remuneration Committee.
Finally, I am delighted to welcome Gill
Whitehead to the NWG Board. Gill's deep expertise in data
science and analytics, emerging customer focused technologies,
global technology regulation and digital transformation are all
highly relevant skills. She will be a strong addition to the
Board."
Gill recently stepped down from her role as
Group Director, Online Safety at Ofcom. She currently serves
as Chair of Rugby World Cup 2025, Chair of the Audit Committee and
non-executive director of the British Olympic Association and Chair
of the Audit Committee and non-executive director of Informa
PLC. Gill's biography is set out below.
There are no further matters requiring
disclosure under Listing Rule 6.4.8R.
For further information
contact:
NatWest Group Investor
Relations:
Claire Kane
Director of Investor
Relations
+44 (0) 20 7672 1758
NatWest Group Media
Relations:
+44 (0) 131 523 4205
LEI: 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90
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Gill Whitehead
Biography
Gill has over 25 years of executive experience
in the technology and media sectors having worked at Ofcom, Google,
Channel 4 and the BBC. She is a Visiting Policy Fellow at the
University of Oxford's Internet Institute, focussing on global
developments in online and AI safety. Her Board experience as
Chair, Audit Committee Chair and Non-Executive Director spans FTSE
50 companies, public bodies and sport.
Gill has spent the last few years mobilising
tech regulation in the UK, including leading for Ofcom the
implementation of one of the UK's most significant pieces of new
tech legislation, the Online Safety Act. She also led the
establishment of several key regulatory partnerships, including as
the inaugural Chief Executive of the UK's Digital Regulation
Cooperation Forum, on behalf of the UK's largest regulators
including the Financial Conduct Authority, and as Chair of the
Global Online Safety Regulators Network.
Previously, Gill was Google UK's Senior Director
of Client Solutions & Analytics, leading teams in data science
and analytics, measurement and user experience, having also led
their market insights function across EMEA. Before the world of
tech, Gill worked in media at Channel 4 and the BBC in a variety of
data and technology-driven leadership roles.
Gill is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants. Having previously been a Non-Executive Director of the
Financial Ombudsman Service and Camelot (operator of the National
Lottery), Gill's current Board roles are Non-Executive Director and
Audit Committee Chair of Informa plc, Non-Executive Director and
Audit Committee Chair of the British Olympic Association, and Chair
of the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025.