Press releases
Board appointment 26 Sept 2001
26/09/2001
Electronics Boutique Plc, the UK's leading retailer of video games and computer software, has appointed William Slee as a non-executive director with effect from 25 September 2001.
Mr Slee, aged 60, is a Dutch national and has been based in the UK for more than 30 years. He has held a variety of senior positions as an investment banker in the City of London, spending 16 years at Schroders plc from where he retired as a Group Managing Director and main board member in 1996. Since then Mr Slee has taken on a number of non-executive and advisory roles with both public and private companies in Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the UK. The activities covered include retailing, optical media, pension advisory and finance.
He is Vice-Chairman of Singulus Technologies AG Germany, member of the Investment Committee of Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds in the Netherlands (The world's second largest and Europe's largest pension fund), non-executive director of Charles Vögele AG and Chairman of Virtual Internet Plc.
Sir Richard Greenbury, who has been a non-executive director since January 2000, has been nominated senior independent director in place of Richard Beecham J.P. who retires from the board on 9 November 2001. Mr Beecham will continue to be employed by the company as special advisor to the Chairman.
Peter Lewis, Chairman of Electronics Boutique said:
"I am delighted to welcome William to our board. During the last twelve months we have made several acquisitions in Europe and his wealth of international experience will prove invaluable as we continue to develop and expand our business."
| Enquiries: | ||
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| Electronics Boutique plc | 01344 464040 | |
| John Steinbrecher, Chief Executive | ||
| Martin Long, Deputy Chief Executive | ||
| Financial Dynamics | 0207 831 3113 | |
| Ben Foster/Charlie Armitstead |
| Appendix: | In addition to the Directorships shown above Mr Slee is also a Director of Omega Venture Advisers Limited and German Venture Advisers (2000) Limited. There are no further details to be disclosed as required under chapter 16.4 of the FSA Listing Rules. Directorships held in the past five years include NTL (V) Plc and Managing Consulting Group plc. |
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