Board Announcements at William Tracey Group

Jane has had responsibility for the finance and IT functions as well as mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances since joining the Group as Finance Director in April 2005. The Group has gone through significant change during this time. Irish investment company, DCC plc, has become a significant shareholding partner and the William Tracey Group has continued to expand their services and locations through six acquisitions and two strategic alliances. Jane has played an instrumental role in leading, delivering and integrating such transactions and together with her finance team, has achieved considerable progress since 2005.

Creating the new dedicated role of Strategic Development Director will see Jane dedicate her time to working with Managing Director, Michael Tracey, and the divisional MD's, as we prioritise and accelerate strategic projects to deliver innovative solutions for the Group's customers including developing the businesses Energy from Waste strategy, taking advantage of new technologies as well as developing strategic alliances and pursuing mergers and acquisitions to expand the businesses services and locations where appropriate.

In order to continue to evolve the William Tracey Group's operational systems and procedures and drive efficiency throughout the business, the William Tracey Group is delighted that Bill Power, who had been working with the Group as interim Head of Finance, has accepted a permanent position as Finance Director. Bill is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years international experience in senior finance and general management roles within multi-national, publicly quoted manufacturing and environmental services companies. Bill's focus shall be on taking the Finance and wider support functions through the next phase of evolution to continue to develop efficiencies and deliver commercial financial support to the business whilst ensuring appropriate risk management and compliance.

The William Tracey Group would like to wish both Jane and Bill the best of luck in their new positions.