Henderson Group plc Board appointment

23 January2014

Henderson Group plc ('Henderson Group') today announces the appointment of Angela Seymour-Jackson as a Non-Executive Director of the Henderson Group Board with effect from 23 January 2014.

Ms Seymour-Jackson has held various senior marketing and distribution roles from 1989 to 2011 at Norwich Union Insurance, CGU plc and Aviva UK Life.  She was then Chief Executive Officer of RAC Motoring Services Limited from 2010 until 2012 and she conducted the sale of RAC to Carlyle. She joined Aegon UK in May 2012 and was appointed Managing Director of the Workplace Division of Aegon since December 2012.  Ms Seymour-Jackson is also a Non-Executive Director at Rentokil Initial plc.

Commenting on the appointment, the Chairman of Henderson Group, Mr Gillingwater said: "I am pleased that someone of Ms Seymour-Jackson's experience is joining our Board. Her background in retail financial services makes her a welcome addition to the Board."

Further information


www.henderson.com/group




Investor enquiries


Richard McNamara                                     Managing Director, Finance

+44 (0) 20 7818 3071

richard.mcnamara@henderson.com


or


+44 (0) 20 7818 5310


investor.relations@henderson.com



Andrea Chen

Deputy Head of Investor Relations

+44 (0) 20 7818 5927

andrea.chen@henderson.com



Media enquiries


Richard Acworth

Head of Corporate Communications

+44 (0) 20 7818 3010

richard.acworth@henderson.com

United Kingdom: Maitland

Australia: Cannings

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Luis Garcia

+44 (0)20 7379 5151

+61 (0)2 8284 9911

Henderson Group plc

47 Esplanade

St Helier

Jersey JE1 0BD

Registered in Jersey

No. 101484

ABN 67 133 992 766


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