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Appointment of Non-Executive Directors

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Micro Focus International plc
01 July 2022
 

 





 

 Micro Focus International plc

Appointment of Non-Executive Directors

Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus" or "the Group", LSE: MCRO.L, NYSE: MFGP), the international software product group, is pleased to announce that Debra Polishook and Vidya Rao have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of the Company with effect from 1 July 2022.

Debra Polishook is the former Group Chief Executive of Accenture Operations where she led the company's $6 billion operations business which employed more than 130,000 people across Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Sales, BPO and Marketing. Debra has served as a member of the company's Global Management Committee. Debra also served on the Board of Avande, a technology solutions and managed services provider and an Accenture/Microsoft Joint Venture.

Vidya Rao is a highly experienced executive in the professional services industry with extensive experience in technology transformations.  She is currently the CIO and Senior Vice President at Genpact which employs more than 100,000 people and provides a broad range of consulting and transformation services. She has more than 28 years of technology consulting, delivery and leadership experience. Prior to joining Genpact, Vidya was with Accenture for over 16 years, where she performed diverse roles and led several technology engagements for some of the company's largest clients across financial services and consumer goods industry.

 

Debra and Vidya will both become members of the Company's Audit and Nomination Committees. Debra will also join the Remuneration Committee and Vidya will also join the ESG Committee.  Debra and Vidya will be subject to election at the Company's next annual general meeting, and re-election at each annual general meeting of the Company thereafter.

Greg Lock, Chairman of Micro Focus said: "I am pleased that Debra and Vidya are joining our Board, their wide range of skills, experience and operational knowledge will further enhance the range of expertise of our Board".

There are no further disclosures required under LR 9.6.13 in respect of these appointments.

 

Enquiries:

 

Micro Focus

Tel: +44 (0) 1635 565200

Stephen Murdoch, Chief Executive Officer

Investors@microfocus.com

Matt Ashley, Chief Financial Officer


Ben Donnelly, Head of Investor Relations


Brunswick

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Sarah West

MicroFocus@brunswickgroup.com

Jonathan Glass




About Micro Focus

Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO.L, NYSE: MFGP) is an enterprise software Company supporting the technology needs and challenges of customers globally. Our solutions help organisations leverage existing IT investments, enterprise applications and emerging technologies to address complex, rapidly evolving business requirements while protecting corporate information at all times. Within the Micro Focus Product Portfolio are the following product groups: Application Modernisation & Connectivity, Application Delivery Management, IT Operations Management, Security, and Information Management & Governance. For more information, visit: www.microfocus.com.

 

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