28th Jun 2006 07:02
Laird Group PLC28 June 2006 THE LAIRD GROUP PLC: BOARD CHANGES It has been announced today that Geoff Drabble, an Executive Director of TheLaird Group PLC ("Laird") and Managing Director of Laird Security Systems, hasbeen appointed Chief Executive designate of Ashtead Group PLC ("Ashtead") witheffect from 2nd October this year. He has been a Non Executive Director ofAshtead since April 2005. Geoff will be leaving Laird at the end of September,and a successor will be announced in due course. Laird announces today that Professor Michael Kelly will join the Board as aNon Executive Director, on 1st July 2006. Professor Kelly is a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Royal Academy ofEngineering. He has been the Prince Philip Professor of Technology at theUniversity of Cambridge since 2002. He has recently completed a three yeartenure as Cambridge Executive Director for the Cambridge-MIT Institute, a UKGovernment initiative designed to use the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology's experience in linking the academic world with industry. Professor Kelly joined Cambridge from the University of Surrey, where he becameHead of the School of Electronics, Computing and Mathematics. Prior to thisProfessor Kelly spent eleven years at GEC's Hirst Research Laboratory where hewas responsible for a team conducting long term research into next generationsemiconductors. Professor Kelly holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mathematics and a PhDin Theoretical Physics. Nigel Keen, Chairman of Laird, said:- "I would like to thank Geoff Drabble for his contribution to Laird over the lastnine years in developing Laird Security Systems into the major, world classbusiness it is today. We wish him well as he steps up to become a public companyChief Executive. I am delighted to welcome Professor Kelly to the Board of The Laird Group. Hisoutstanding academic credentials, commercial experience and deep understandingof new technologies and their applications will be a great asset to Laird as itcontinues to evolve and grow". For enquiries: The Laird Group PLC Maitland Peter Hill, Chief Executive Angus Maitland Jonathan Silver, Finance Director Charlotte Barker Tel: 020 7468 4040 Tel: 020 7379 5151 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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