Smith+Nephew appoints former Serco CEO Soames as chair
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Medical technology company Smith+Nephew said it had appointed former Serco chief executive Rupert Soames as chair, succeeding Roberto Quarta who will this year.
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Soames will be appointed at the company's annual general meeting on April 26. Quarta has agreed to continue as chair to ensure a smooth transition and will put himself forward for re-election as a non-executive director, the company said on Friday.
The new chair was CEO at Serco, which provides government outsourcing services such as running immigrant detention centres, between 2014 - 2022.
Reporting by Frank Prenesti for Sharecast.com