BRIEF-Severn Trent says Andrew J Duff to be new chairman

LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Severn Trent Plc: * Appointment of non-executive director and chairman designate. * Andrew J Duff to succeed Sir John Egan as chairman of both companies. ((London Equities Newsroom; +44 20 7542 7717)) (For more news, please click here) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved.

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