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Informa Chair John Rishton to Become Imperial Brands Chair Designate

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  • Informa’s chair John Rishton will join Imperial Brands as non-executive director and chair designate in July 2026.
  • Rishton’s expanded governance roles, including at Diageo, highlight cross-board influence among major UK-listed companies.
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Informa Chair John Rishton to Become Imperial Brands Chair Designate

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Informa ( (GB:INF) ) has provided an update.

Informa PLC has announced that its Board Chair, John Rishton, will join the Board of Imperial Brands PLC as a Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate from 13 July 2026, and will assume the role of Chair at Imperial Brands on 1 December 2026. The move underscores Rishton’s growing portfolio of high-profile governance roles—he also serves as a Non-Executive Director at Diageo plc—and signals continued cross-boardroom influence among major UK-listed companies, though Informa has given no indication that his new appointment will alter its existing board structure or strategy.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:INF) stock is a Hold with a £969.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Informa stock, see the GB:INF Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on GB:INF Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, GB:INF is a Outperform.

Informa’s strong financial performance and positive earnings call sentiment are major strengths, supporting a stable outlook. However, the high P/E ratio suggests overvaluation, and technical indicators show potential overbought conditions, which moderate the overall score.

To see Spark’s full report on GB:INF stock, click here.

More about Informa

Informa PLC is a UK-listed business-to-business information and events group that operates across exhibitions, conferences, data and academic publishing, serving professional, commercial and academic markets worldwide.

Average Trading Volume: 3,466,146

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £11.37B

For detailed information about INF stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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