John Menzies plc (Menzies) today announces that Iain S Robertson has been appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1st November 2004. In addition, Robin Peters has joined the management team as Director of Business Development.

 

Mr Robertson (58) is a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Bank of Scotland ('RBS') where he is Chairman of the Corporate Banking and Financial Markets division. He was appointed to the RBS Board in January 1993, becoming non-executive in June 2003. He is also Chairman of British Empire Securities and General Trust plc, was recently appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Cairn Capital Ltd, and is a chartered accountant.

 

Robin Peters (38) recently joined Menzies from DHL, where he was head of the Global Integration Office.  He has previously held corporate development and general management positions in Rothmans International, OC&C Strategy Consultants and Lucas Industries, and achieved an MBA at INSEAD.

 

William Thomson, Chairman of John Menzies plc­, said "I am delighted to welcome both Iain and Robin to their respective roles. Their extensive breadth and depth of experience will bring considerable strategic and managerial benefits to the Company and will help to drive forward our strategy of building on our core competencies."

 

Menzies will announce its Interim Results on 7th September.

 

 

 

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1.      John Menzies plc is one of Scotland's largest companies. It has two operating divisions, Menzies Distribution and Menzies Aviation, both of whom specialise in providing efficient, high quality, time-critical services to their customers.

 

2.      The company was established in 1833 and its head office is in Edinburgh. Today the company is an international business with offices, partners and operations located in Europe, North and South America, China and South East Asia, Australasia and Africa.

 

3.      Menzies Distribution is a leading provider of added value distribution and marketing services to the newspaper and magazine supply chain in the UK. The division delivers over 1.8 million magazines and 4 million newspapers every day to more than 21,200 customers, and has over 4,300 employees.

 

4.      Menzies Aviation is one of the world's largest independent suppliers of ground handling services to the aviation market.  The Division provides air cargo  handling (1 million metric tons annually), passenger and ramp handling (50 million passengers, 250,000 flights per year) and other services for many of the world's leading airlines and some of the busiest international airports. The division employs over 9,000 people across the globe, at 90 airports in 21 countries servicing more than 500 airline customers.

 

5.      Further information on John Menzies plc can be found at: www.johnmenziesplc.com; www.menziesdistribution.com; and www.menziesaviation.com.