Senior Management Change

2 December 2016

Laird PLC

("the Group")

Senior Management Change

Laird PLC, the global technology company, today announces that Carmen Chua will join the Group in February 2017 as President of the Performance Materials Business Unit, based in Shanghai, China. 

Carmen joins Laird from Avery Dennison, where she spent the last eight years, most recently as Vice President/ General Manager of the North Asia Pacific Materials Group. She is a fluent English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese speaker.

Tony Quinlan, Chief Executive, commented:

"I'm delighted to welcome Carmen to the Group at such an important time; we are focused on stabilising the financial performance of Performance Materials and optimising its portfolio of businesses. She brings extensive depth and breadth of experience in successfully running large and complex manufacturing businesses and in delivering significant change."

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About Laird PLC:

Laird is a global technology company providing systems, components and solutions that protect electronics from electromagnetic interference and heat, and that enable connectivity in mission-critical wireless applications and antennae systems. Laird is a global leader in the field of innovative radio frequency ("RF") engineering.

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