Robin Burgess will retire on his 65th birthday on 31 January 2016 at which time he will have been with the company for over 40 years and served as chief executive for nearly 31 of them. He is the fourth generation of his family to be involved in running the CN Group.
He continued that the Board had appointed head hunters Saxton Bampfylde to assist in appointing Robin Burgess’ successor. Applications will be invited both internally and externally and this process will start shortly.
Richard Inglewood said “following Robin’s retirement, I have decided to stand down as non-executive chairman at our AGM in May 2016. The directors have unanimously agreed Robin should succeed me as non-executive chairman. Between his retirement and my standing down, Robin will support me as deputy chairman. Further, it has been agreed that I will remain on the Board to help ensure stability whilst both positions change.”
