Haworth Tompkins establishes an Employee Ownership Trust 29.04.19

We are delighted to announce the formation of the Haworth Tompkins Employee Ownership Trust, which now owns a majority shareholding and is tasked with ensuring that the company will be run in the long-term interest of our employees. Our inaugural trustees will be Associate Director Lucy Picardo, who chairs our Employee Forum, Haworth Tompkins Directors Toby Johnson and Chris Fellner, and two independent Trustees: Colander Director Caroline Cole; and Robert Postlethwaite, who specialises in Employee Ownership law. The guiding principles of the Trust can be found here. This change will not affect the day-to-day management and operation of the company which will continue to be led by the current directors.

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