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Recommendation of the Board of Directors regarding the candidate to be Chair of the Audit Committee

March 21, 2024 15:31 CET

Current report No. 6/2024 

Legal basis: Article 17 sec. 1 of MAR - inside information

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Allegro.eu (the “Company”) resolved to submit to the approval of the forthcoming annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Company (“AGM”) the appointment of Laurence Bourdon-Tracol as an independent non-executive director upon the recommendation of the remuneration and nomination committee of the Company (the "Committee").

Laurence’s appointment follows the announcement by Carla Smits-Nusteling that she intends to step down, subject to an orderly transition, from the role of Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board (see current report No. 24/2023).

The Board hereby presents the professional CV of Laurence Bourdon-Tracol.

Laurence Bourdon-Tracol has extensive board and governance experience, as an executive and non-executive director.

Laurence’s 25-year executive career spans multiple e-commerce marketplaces in consumer technology. Currently, she is the Chief Financial Officer at Skyscanner and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee at Gousto. Previously at eBay Inc., she led various finance functions, including CFO Deputy for Europe/APAC and she was a board member for global treasury entities at eBay.

Upon approval by the shareholders of the appointment of Laurence to the Board, the Board intends that Laurence shall be elected Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board.

Laurence has been selected and nominated by the Committee as a suitable candidate for appointment by the general meeting of the Company. She meets the criteria outlined in the Warsaw Stock Exchange Code of Best Practice and the protocol of the Committee and has expressed her consent to be appointed as an independent director of the Company.

The Board would like to express its sincere thanks to Carla for her leadership of the Audit Committee over the past 4 years. Since Allegro’s IPO, Carla has brought her substantial financial expertise and business acumen to chairing the Audit committee, establishing a robust balance of oversight and controls, alongside a productive and collaborative working relationship with Allegro’s Executive management. The board wishes Carla every future success as she pursues her entrepreneurial passion for developing high-performing team dynamics in the fields of Sport and Business.

Allegro.eu is a Luxembourg public limited company (société anonyme), registered office: 1, rue Hildegard von Bingen, L-1282 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Business Register: B214830