Following our announcement of the appointment of Kate Swann as Group Chief Executive on 4 July 2003, WHSmith is pleased to announce that Kate will join the Company on 1 November 2003.
Kate will replace Richard Handover as Group Chief Executive at the meeting of the WHSmith Board on 4 November 2003, at which meeting the Group's current Chairman, Martin Taylor, will step down and be replaced by Richard Handover, as previously announced.