Prominent UK politician joins Ardagh Board
Following the death of Ardagh Group Director, Wolfgang Baertz last September, the Rt Hon Philip Hammond has been appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director and as a member of the Audit Committee.
A member of Parliament from 1997 to 2019, Mr Hammond held a range of ministerial offices, most recently serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. Prior to this, he served as Foreign Secretary (2014-2016), Defence Secretary (2011- 2014) and Transport Secretary (2010-2011).
Separately, Shaun Murphy has been appointed to the Board as an Executive Director. Mr Murphy joined Ardagh as Chief Operating Officer this September. Prior to joining the business, he was a partner in KPMG for almost 20 years and earlier this year completed a six year term as Managing Partner of KPMG in Ireland, a practice of some 3000 people, as well as serving as the Lead Director on KPMG’s Global Board from 2015 until 2019.
