Rentokil Initial plc announces the appointment of Sarosh Mistry to its Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 April 2021. Sarosh will also become a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee from this date. Sarosh has extensive experience as a senior executive, driving organic and inorganic growth in business-to-business services, especially in North America. He has deep experience of building businesses across the healthcare, retail, facilities management, hospitality, financial services and consumer technology industries, including innovation-led growth, service line extensions and new country entries (including emerging markets in Latin America and Asia). His executive experience has been in complex, geographically dispersed and multi-site businesses operating globally. Sarosh is Chairman of Sodexo's North American services, which include clinical technology in health care settings, SaaS-based digital ecosystems, and food-focused delivery. He is also CEO of Sodexo's global Home Care Services business and a member of the listed group's executive committee. Prior to joining Sodexo in 2011, he worked in senior roles in major business-to-business and consumer organizations Compass, Starbucks, Aramark and Pepsico. Angela Seymour-Jackson, Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee, has informed the Company that, having served on the Board for a period of 9 years, she does not intend to stand for re-election at the Company's AGM on 12 May 2021 and will, therefore, retire as a director of the Company from the conclusion of the meeting. The Company announced that Cathy Turner, a Non-Executive Director and member of the Remuneration Committee since April 2020, will succeed Angela as Chair of the Remuneration Committee.
Rentokil Initial plc is one of the world's leading service providers to companies. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- distribution of sanitary hygiene, rodent and insect extermination products (72.6%): liquid soap dispensers and paper napkins, wet wipes, dry wipes, cloths, deodorizers, disinfectants, insecticides, anti-parasite agents, etc.;
- provision of hygiene and wellness products and services (22.1%): deep cleaning and disinfection services, air treatment and purification, clinical waste management, design, installation and maintenance of plants and floral decorations, etc. for schools, public buildings, hotels, airports, health establishments, industrial companies, etc.;
- manufacturing, sale and rental of work clothes (5.2%). The group also provides laundry services to restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and commercial organisations;
- other (0.1%)
Net sales break down geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (8%), the United States (48.1%), France (9.1%), Australia (4.5%), India (1.6%), Spain (1.5%) and other (27.2%).
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