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BRAMBLES LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2017
Dec 11, 2017
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Board/Management Information
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Brambles Limited ABN 89 118 896 021 Level 10, Angel Place, 123 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia GPO Box 4173 Sydney NSW 2001 Tel +61 2 9256 5222 Fax +61 2 9256 5299 www.brambles.com
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12 December 2017
The Manager - Listings Australian Securities Exchange Limited Exchange Centre 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
Via electronic lodgement
Dear Sir/Madam
Brambles Limited appoints Laura Nador as President, CHEP North America
Please see the attached announcement relating to the above.
Yours faithfully Brambles Limited
Robert Gerrard
Company Secretary
12 December 2017 ASX & Media Release
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Brambles appoints Laura Nador as President, CHEP North America
Sydney - 12 December 2017: Brambles announced today the appointment of Laura Nador as President, CHEP North America, effective 1 January 2018. Ms Nador, currently President, CHEP USA, also becomes a member of Brambles’ Executive Leadership Team, reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Graham Chipchase.
As President, CHEP North America, Ms Nador will be responsible for the CHEP pooled pallet operations in Canada and USA, CHEP Recycled North America and the North American Pallecon and Automotive businesses.
Since joining Brambles in 2003, Ms Nador has held a number of senior management, commercial and supply chain roles within Brambles’ pallets and RPC operations in Europe, Latin America and North America. Ms Nador joined the US pooled pallet business in July 2016 and has held her current position as President, CHEP USA, since March 2017.
See biography in Annexure below.
For further information, please contact:
Investors Investors Media Sean O’Sullivan Raluca Chiriacescu James Millard Vice President, Investor Relations Director, Investor Relations Director, Corporate Communication, +61 2 9256 5262 +44 20 3880 9412 Group & Asia Pacific +61 412 139 711 +44 78 1065 8044 +61 414 777 680 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Brambles Limited (ASX:BXB) is a supply-chain logistics company operating primarily through the CHEP and IFCO brands. Brambles enhances performance for customers by helping them transport goods through their supply chains more efficiently, sustainably and safely. The Group's primary activity is the provision of reusable unit-load equipment such as pallets, crates and containers for shared use by multiple participants throughout the supply chain, under a model known as "pooling". Brambles primarily serves the fast-moving consumer goods (e.g. dry food, grocery, and health and personal care), fresh produce, beverage, retail and general manufacturing industries, counting many of the world's best-known brands among its customers. The Group also operates specialist container logistics business serving the automotive sector. Brambles operates in more than 60 countries, with its largest operations in North America and Western Europe. Brambles employs approximately 14,000 people and owns approximately 590 million pallets, crates and containers through a network of more than 850 service centres. For further information, please visit www.brambles.com.
ANNEXURE A: BIOGRAPHY
Laura Nador
President, CHEP North America (effective 1 January 2018)
Joined Brambles in 2003, as Director, Distributor Sales, CHEP Europe. Laura was promoted to Vice President, RPCs (Reusable Plastic Crates), Europe in 2006. She became Vice President and Country General Manager, CHEP Iberia in 2008. Despite the significant economic headwinds in Spain, Laura grew the CHEP Iberia business, improved customer relationships and strengthened the leadership team. After a successful tenure as Vice President, Supply Chain in CHEP Latin America, she was appointed Senior Vice President / General Manager of the CHEP USA Pooled Pallets business in July 2016 and then President, CHEP USA in March 2017, when she assumed additional responsibilities for the CHEP Recycled pallets, Pallecon and Automotive businesses in the USA. With effect from 1 January 2018, Laura is appointed as President, CHEP North America and a member of Brambles’ Executive Leadership Team.
Prior to Brambles, Laura worked for a number of years at the Fortune 500 logistics company, Ryder. Laura holds a Master of Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School.
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