URENCO Board Changes
20 August 2009
URENCO Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Billingham as a non-Executive Director to the URENCO Board as from 1 September 2009.
Stephen Billingham will replace John Edwards who will step down from the URENCO Board on 1 September 2009 after serving more than 6 years as a non-Executive Director. The Board thanks John for his contribution to the success of the URENCO Group.
Stephen was Finance Director of British Energy Group plc (the FTSE 100 power generator) from 2004 until the end of March 2009 following the completion of the sale of British Energy to EDF, a transaction that he was instrumental in delivering. Prior to joining British Energy, Stephen was Group Finance Director of the engineering and design consultancy, WS Atkins plc, during its successful financial recovery. He also led the finance team which signed one of the London Underground Public Private Partnerships. Stephen has also been Group Treasurer of the engineering group BICC plc (now Balfour Beatty plc) and the utility Severn Trent plc and has held finance positions in Burmah Oil plc and British Telecom plc.
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Contact:
Jayne Hallett
Head, Group Communications
Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1628 402 200
Email: jayne.hallett@urenco.com
Notes to editor:
URENCO is an independent, global energy and technology group, operating in a pivotal area of the nuclear fuel supply chain which ends with the sustainable generation of electricity for consumers around the world. Production is from plants in United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany utilising URENCO’s own centrifuge technology. A fourth URENCO enrichment plant is currently under construction in New Mexico, US. Focus is on providing safe, cost effective and reliable uranium enrichment services for civil power generation within a framework of environmental, social and corporate responsibility. Our goal is to further increase worldwide market share and to become the leading supplier in the extended global enrichment market. www.urenco.com.