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POST OFFICE BOARD ELECTIONS POST OFFICE
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POSTMASTERS WHO WILL JOIN THE POST OFFICE BOARD.
ime is running out for serving Postmasters to vote for who they want to be elected to become Non-Executive Directors on the Post Office Board with only days left until the poll closes at 9.30am on Monday. The electorate, made up of around 8,000 serving Postmasters as well as multiple partners, can select up to two candidates and the election process is being overseen independently by Civica Elections Services. All serving Postmasters should have received a unique code which enables them to cast their vote and they can also see video statements from each of the candidates setting out why Postmasters should vote for them.
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Q Voting closes at 9.30am, Monday 12 April Q Six serving Postmasters campaigning to be elected and have set out their pitches in campaign videos Q 8,000 serving Postmasters and multiple partners can vote for up to two
THE SIX SERVING POSTMASTERS CONTESTING THE ELECTION ARE: Q Lee Dearn, Postmaster for Sydenham, Belfast, County Antrim Q Mukhtar Goraya, operates two Post Offices (New Eltham, London and Rosherville, Kent) Q Saf Ismail, operates six Post Offices (five in Lancashire – Blackpool Road, Bolton, Heywood, New Hall Lane, Plungington Road) and Farnworth, Greater Manchester Q Elliot Jacobs, operates seven Post Offices (five in London – Camden, Crouch End, East Finchley, Muswell Hill, Stoke Newington) and Hertford and Potters Bar in Hertfordshire Q Jasbir Parmar, Postmaster for Kempston, Bedfordshire Q Sarabjeet Soar, Postmaster for Styvechale, Warwickshire
candidates Q Two serving Postmasters
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will be appointed to Post Office Board as NonExecutive Directors (NEDs) and will have three-year terms on the Board
NICK READ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE POST OFFICE, SAID “Having two serving Postmasters on our Board sends the clearest signal yet of our determination to ensure Postmasters really are at the heart of our business. I am encouraged by the calibre of the six highly qualified candidates. To sit on the Board of any company carries great responsibility, a responsibility I know our Postmasters will be well placed to fulfil. I look forward to working with our two new NonExecutive Directors.”
WEDNESDAY 7TH APRIL 2021 / ISSUE 50 / SLRMAG.CO.UK / 13
