Shire's Interim Chief Financial Officer James Bowling to Step Down

Shire plc has announced that James Bowling, Interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has notified the Board of Directors of his decision to step down from his current role to pursue a new career opportunity as CFO of Severn Trent. James will leave Shire at the end of Q1 2015 and the company will commence a search for a new CFO immediately.

Flemming Ornskov, Shire’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “James has helped build and lead a high-quality finance team at Shire. We are very grateful to him for his interim leadership over the past seven months, and his many contributions to Shire in almost 10 years with the cCompany. We wish him well in his future endeavors.”