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Board of Directors (continued)
DAVID CLAYTON
Independent Non-executive Director
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David was appointed to the Board of Directors on 4 November
2020, and is a former Non-executive Chairman of SDL plc.
He was Managing Director and Head of European Technology
Research at CSFB from 1997 until 2004. He then joined The Sage
Group plc Board as a Non-executive Director in 2004 before taking
up an executive role as Director of Strategy and Corporate
Development from October 2007 to February 2012.
David is currently Chairman of Forensic and Compliance
Systems, and of the Board of Trustees of the charity Changing
Faces. He is a member of the boards of FCS (UK) Limited,
Solar Archive Ltd and Albora Technologies Ltd.
FRANCES EARL
Independent Non-executive Director
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Frances was appointed as a Non-executive Director of RWS on
4 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.
GORDON STUART
Independent Non-executive Director
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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 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
Chairman of the Audit Committee.
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