Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Embargoed until 0700 hrs 27 April 2015

KBC Advanced Technologies plc

("KBC" or the "Group")

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

KBC Advanced Technologies plc is pleased to announce that Mr Eric Dodd is to be appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the KBC Group. Eric will join KBC on 1 May 2015 and will take over from the Interim Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Hebb, who will assist with an orderly handover. Eric will serve as a member of KBC's Executive Committee and will be appointed as a Director to the KBC Board in due course.

Eric, aged 45, joins KBC from Stanmore Implants, a venture capital backed medical technology company. Prior to Stanmore Eric served on the boards of two listed companies: as Chief Financial Officer of Antisoma plc and as Group Finance Director of Morse plc. Eric qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, has an MBA from London Business School and a BEng from Loughborough University. He is also a non-executive director at Cambridge Cognition, an AIM listed company.

Ian Godden, Chairman, commented, "We are delighted to have strengthened further the leadership of KBC with the appointment of Eric Dodd as CFO. The company now has a strong Board of Directors and executive management team in place to deliver on our key ambitions."

Andrew Howell, CEO, added, "I am looking forward to working closely with Eric, who brings a wealth of experience in financial management of consulting and technology companies. His skills are an excellent match to KBC's needs for the next phase of our growth and transformation."

Save as set out in this announcement there are no further matters to be disclosed under Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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