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NS&I ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD APPOINTMENT

12 July 2007

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Simon Ricketts as a non-executive director to the board of NS&I (National Savings and Investments), the government backed savings and investments provider.

Mr Ricketts joined the NS&I Board on 2 July 2007. He replaces Maria Stafford, who left the board in February.

NS&I has 27 million savers and £80 billion invested.  It is an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with a remit to reduce the cost to the taxpayer of government borrowing by offering retail savings and investments products. These products include Premium Bonds, Index-linked Savings Certificates and Direct ISA.

Simon Ricketts

Mr Ricketts has been the Chief Information Officer for Scottish and Newcastle PLC since 2003. He is also the senior non-executive Director of the Strategic Thought Group PLC.  He had previously spent 13 years with Cadbury Schweppes PLC in various  roles, including Operations Director of the Trebor Bassett Group, Managing Director of ITNET Ltd, and Group Chief  Information Officer.  In addition he has held various senior roles in the UK Steel industry.

Paul Spencer, Chairman of the NS&I board said,

“I would like to thank Maria Stafford for her hard work and guidance over the past five years which has seen this business go from strength to strength. She paves the way for Simon, who will add significant strategic operations and technology expertise to the NS&I Board, proving beneficial for the business and, more importantly, for our customers.” 

ENDS

Notes to Editors

1. The current board members are

  • Chairman and non-executive director - Paul Spencer
  • Executive Management Team – Jane Platt, Steve Owen, John Prout, Sandra Postles, Peter Cornish, Mike Chilton, Julian Hynd.
  • Non-executive Directors – Martin Gray, Michael Medlicott.
  • HM Treasury – Tamara Finkelstein, Sarah Tebbutt.

2. Photographs of Board members are available on request.

Media team
NS&I has a number of spokespeople available for interviews and our experienced radio team is available via our ISDN line: 020 7602 4522.

The numbers below are for media use only. Customers wishing to contact NS&I can find details here.

Gareth Headon 020 7348 9494
gareth.headon@nsandi.com
Gill Stephens 020 7348 9449
gill.stephens@nsandi.com
Iman Asante 020 7348 9301
iman.asante@nsandi.com
Monica Del-Villar 020 7348 9654
monica.del-villar@nsandi.com

ISDN for interviews

020 7602 4522

Out of hours

All numbers above diverted to staffed mobile phones
 

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