Howden Joinery Group PLC - London-based joinery company - Says Peter Ventress will join the company as Chair designate and non-executive director on July 1. He will assume the position of chair from September 17 and succeed Richard Pennycook, who had indicated his intention to retire on the same date in February.

Ventress is currently chair of the London-based distribution and outsourcing company Bunzl PLC and Middlesex-based construction firm Galliford Try PLC. He is also a former non-executive director of BBA Aviation PLC and worked as Chief Executive Officer of Berendsen PLC from 2010 to 2016.

Current stock price: 777.00 pence, down 1% in London on Monday

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