Directorate change to Rexam board

This follows a streamlining of the global Beverage Can leadership and will see Barker leave the company at the end of February 2009.

Leslie Van de Walle, Rexam’s CEO, will assume direct responsibility for Rexam’s global beverage can business.

Bill joined Rexam in 2001 as head of Beverage Cans North America and became a board director in 2004. He will be returning to live in the US.

Peter Ellwood, chairman, said: “On behalf of the board, I would like to thank Bill for his drive and determination in making our global Beverage Can operation a truly world-class manufacturing organisation. He leaves the legacy of a strong team in each region and a strong platform on which to build further. We wish him all the best for the future.”