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Board Changes

30th Apr 2015 07:01

RNS Number : 7314L
Plant Impact PLC
30 April 2015
 



For Immediate Release 30 April 2015

Plant Impact plc

("Plant Impact" or the "Company")

Board Changes

Plant Impact plc (AIM: PIM), an agricultural bioscience company that develops and markets crop enhancement and specialty nutrition products, announces the following non-executive Board changes.

Chris Tyler has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 May 2015. Chris is currently the Group Finance Director at Porvair plc (LON: PRV), a specialist filtration and environmental technology business, a position he has held since 2004. During Chris' tenure, Porvair has achieved significant international growth, both organically and through acquisition. Previously, he held a number of senior financial positions at Cable & Wireless, including Director of Investor Relations and Chief Financial Officer of Cable & Wireless in the Caribbean. He is a Chartered Accountant having spent his early career with Deloitte. Chris holds a BSc in Engineering from the University of Exeter. Apart from the information disclosed in Appendix 1 to this announcement there is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two Part (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

The Company also announces that after ten years as a Non-Executive Director and former Chairman of Plant Impact, Martin Robinson will retire from the Board on 31 July 2015. Martin guided the listing of the Company on the AIM exchange in 2006 and supported Plant Impact through its recent period of strategic refocus, revenue growth and profitability. The Company and the Board wish to express its deepest gratitude for Martin's considerable contribution and leadership over this period. Martin will continue to remain as a non-voting Board Observer through 31 December 2015. Effective 1 August 2015, Chris Tyler will assume the role of Chairman of the Board's Audit Committee.

David Jones, Chairman of Plant Impact commented:

"I am delighted that Chris Tyler has agreed to serve as a Non-Executive Director of Plant Impact. The Company is fortunate to attract an experienced finance professional of Chris' quality to support its commitment to sound corporate governance. His strategic and financial stewardship of Porvair's growth offers our Company many lessons for our own expansion plans.

On a personal note, I should like to thank Martin for his long service at Plant Impact. In particular, I am grateful for his considerable support to me in 2011 in achieving the fundamental restructuring and redirection of the Company and also subsequently for his valuable judgement as a Board member during the successful translation of those changes into operational success under the leadership of John Brubaker."

Enquiries:

Plant Impact plc

John Brubaker, Chief Executive Tel: +44 (0) 15 8246 5540

Kate Barnes-Quinn, Finance Director (Interim)

www.plantimpact.com

 

Peel Hunt LLP, Nomad / Broker

Dan Webster / Richard Brown / George Sellar Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

 

Buchanan

Charles Ryland / Sophie Cowles / Jane Glover Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 

Appendix 1

Schedule 2 Part (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies details - Chris Tyler (aged 52)

Current directorships:

Porvair plc

Porvair Filtration Limited

Porvair Filtration Group Limited

Porvair Sciences Limited

Seal Analytical Limited

 

Previous directorships in the last five years:

Aquatex Functional Fabrics Limited

CM7 Limited

Glebe House School Trust Limited

King's Lynn Ceramics Limited

King's Lynn Limited

Porvair Fabrics Limited

Porvair Sports Goods Limited

Toolturn Engineering Limited

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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