Print franchise group Snap has named Peter Russell as its new chairman to replace Alan Good, who retired from the board at the 2015 AGM.
Good had been group chairman since 2010 and helped to lead the company through strategic changes including the decision to move the Snap head office to Sydney after over 100 years of being head-quartered in Western Australia.
“Alan has set up the board and the company to be able to capitalise on opportunities that continue to exist for all stakeholders and we wish Alan all the very best in his future endeavours,” said Stephen Edwards, director and CEO of Snap Group. “This move has been about two years in the planning and Alan had decided it was his time for retiring. Peter probably has more of a sales and marketing focus on where the business is heading."
Russell has been a director since July 2012 and was executive director with the Peppers Group and the Rylands Group. He recently finished a four-year term as chairman of Yarra Ranges Regional Marketing and was a councillor and treasurer of the Harvard Club of Australia, Victoria, and a trustee of the Harvard Club of Australia Foundation. Russell is a director of Strategic Capital Partners, advising private business owners and investors, and executive marketing manager at Sinefa, a technology startup specialising in data networks.
Snap made changes to its board this year, appointing Anne Cashman and Mark Lindsay as non-executive directors.
“The changes to the company’s board line-up are in line with our philosophy of having a skills-based board, with non-executive directors, to ensure future value for shareholders and franchisees,” said Edwards.
Cashman was appointed to the Snap Board after an established and career in B2B and B2C environments in both the US and Australasia. Lindsay was welcomed to the board in June after 10 years holding non-executive director, CEO and COO positions with Quick Service Restaurant Holdings.
‘We’re very optimistic about the future as we continue a rollout of our new global strategy," said Edwards. "We had a record number of centres entering the network last year and we now have now 189 centres globally."
Snap operates in Australia, China, Ireland and New Zealand.