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Board of Directors (continued)
FRANCES EARL
Non-Executive Director
Frances has been a Non-Executive Director of RWS since November 2020.
Previously Frances was a Managing Director at Accenture, where she
held senior HR positions both locally (in UK and Ireland) and globally.
She served as HR Director on Accenture’s UK and Ireland Executive
Board, Products Operating Group Executive Board and Financial Services
Operating Group Executive Board, and was Global Recruitment Director
for all Executive and Partner Recruitment across 20 countries.
JULIE SOUTHERN
Non-Executive Director
Julie joined RWS as a Non-Executive Director in July 2022, and will succeed
Andrew Brode as Non-Executive Chairman in October 2023.
She has significant Board experience and is currently a Non-Executive
Director and Chair of the Audit committees at Rentokil Initial, Ocado,
NXP Semiconductors and easyJet, where she is also Senior Independent
Director. Julie will retire from the Board of easyJet at its next AGM in
February 2023. She has also previously held non-executive director
positions at DFS Furniture Company, Cineworld Cinemas, Stagecoach and
Gategroup.
Julie’s executive career included a number of senior finance, operations
and marketing roles, where she has driven significant growth and
revenues, including at Porsche Cars, as Group Finance Director from
1996, before she joined Virgin Atlantic in 2000 as CFO – a role she held for
10 years before becoming Chief Commercial Officer in 2010.
GORDON STUART
Non-Executive Director
Gordon joined RWS as a Non-Executive Director in November 2020. He
currently serves as the CFO of AMS, a global total workforce solutions
provider of talent acquisition and contingent workforce management,
internal mobility and skills development, and talent and technology
advisory services. He has led Finance, Corporate Services and Operational
functions as an Executive Director for over 20 years.
Previous roles include CFO of Unit4 and TMF Group. He has held senior
positions with several UK listed businesses including Group Finance
Director of Xansa plc and Group Finance Director of London Bridge
Software Holdings plc. He has also held non-executive roles at Sepura plc,
Intec Telecom Systems plc and, prior to its acquisition by RWS, SDL plc. In
each instance he served as Chair of the Audit Committee.
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