# Endeavour Mining appoints Cathia Lawson-Hall as an Independent Non-Executive Director

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/endeavour-mining-appoints-cathia-lawson-hall-as-an-independent-non-executive-director/4121128335
- Published: 2023-09-27T07:20:52+01:00
- Author: Amilia Stone

**[Endeavour Mining plc](https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/ftse-company/endeavour-mining/edv.l)**(
LON:EDV, TSX:EDV, OTCQX:EDVMF) has announced the appointment of Cathia Lawson-Hall
to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director effective today. Ms Lawson-
Hall will be a member of the Remuneration Committee.

> **Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan, Chair of the Endeavour Mining Board, said**: “I 
> am delighted to welcome Cathia to Endeavour’s Board. She brings considerable strategic
> and financing experience, and significant knowledge of the African business environment.
> We look forward to welcoming her as an integral member of our Board to support
> the business as it continues to grow.”

Endeavour is also pleased to announce that Ian Cockerill, currently Endeavour’s 
Senior Independent Director, has moved to Deputy Chair of the Board. Alison Baker,
currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Endeavour and Chair of the Audit
Committee, will succeed Mr. Cockerill as Senior Independent Director.

Following these changes, Endeavour’s Board complies in advance with the Financial
Conduct Authority’s positive diversity targets for listed companies, with 40% of
the Board being women, the Senior Independent Director being a woman and half of
the Board being from an ethnic minority background.

**ABOUT ****CATHIA LAWSON-HALL**
Cathia Lawson-Hall has over 25 years’ corporate
finance and investment banking experience. She was formerly Head of Coverage and
Investment Banking for Africa at Société Générale, overseeing the team in charge
of managing relations and strategic advisory with African governments, large corporates
and financial institutions. Ms Lawson-Hall holds a Master’s degree and a postgraduate
degree in Finance from the University of Paris-Dauphine.

The following information is disclosed in accordance with LR 9.6.13**:** Ms Lawson-
Hall is currently a non-executive director of both Vivendi S.A. and Universal Music
Group N.V. and there are no other matters requiring disclosure under the Listing
Rules in relation to her appointment.

_Endeavour Mining is one of the world’s senior gold producers and the largest in
West Africa, with operating assets across Senegal, C__ô__te d’Ivoire and Burkina
Faso and a strong portfolio of advanced development projects and exploration assets
in the highly prospective Birimian Greenstone Belt across West Africa._

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