Modern Water PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (2819Z)
December 14 2017 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
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Modern Water PLC
14 December 2017
14 December 2017
Modern Water plc
("Modern Water" or "the Group")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Modern Water plc (AIM:MWG), the owner of leading technologies
for water and wastewater treatment and for the monitoring of water
quality, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr.Piers
Benedict Clark as Non-Executive Director, with effect from 2
January 2018.
Piers Clark has extensive, relevant experience, having held
senior management and board positions at large engineering
businesses, particularly in water treatment, toxin monitoring and
environmental management. He has also delivered high profile
sustainability projects, including Europe's first commercial scale
phosphorus recovery facility and, at the time of construction, the
world's largest floating solar power array.
Previously, Dr. Clark was Commercial Director and a member of
the Executive Management team at Thames Water and a director of
Empire Water Inc. He has also previously held senior positions at
the international engineering consultancy companies Mouchel plc and
Atkins plc.
Dr. Clark currently serves as Non-Executive Director or Chairman
on a number of boards, where he has successfully advised on
strategic development and overseen corporate and sales growth. He
is currently a director of dlo Haiti Inc., which provides clean
water to rural populations in Haiti, backed by the IFC (part of the
World Bank); and Bactest Ltd, which develops wastewater
sensors.
In 2005, he founded the Technology Approval Group forum, which
has linked more than 4,500 technologies with over 150 utility
companies, facilitated over $1bn of investment in new technologies.
He has a BSc in Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Civil
Engineering from the University of Southampton, is an
internationally recognised expert in biosolid processing and sludge
treatment, has published over 30 technical papers and filed six
patent applications. Dr. Clark is also a member of the Chartered
Institute of Water and Environmental Management and the Institute
of Asset Management.
Alan Wilson, Modern Water's Non-Executive Chairman, commented:
"On behalf of the board, I am delighted to welcome Piers to Modern
Water. He has comprehensive experience in large scale industrial
water treatment, environmental management and engineering
companies, and has played a significant part in driving innovation
within these specialist fields. We are very much looking forward to
working with him and are confident that he will make an important
contribution to our future successes."
Additional Information for Piers Benedict Clark (aged 48):
Current Directorships Previous Directorships held within the
last 5 years
Isle Events Ltd Foudry Properties Ltd
Untapped-Inc Ltd Innova Park Management Co Ltd
Ozo Innovations Ltd Kennet Properties Ltd
Bactest Ltd Shapeshare Ltd
Isle Group Ltd Thames Water Developments Ltd
Isle Utilities Ltd Thames Water Investments Ltd
Dlo Haiti Inc. Thames Water Property Services Ltd
Thames Water Commercial Services Ltd
Thames Water Commercial Ventures Financial
Ltd
Thames Water Commercial Ventures Holdings
Ltd
Water and Sanitation For the Urban Poor
Empire Water Inc.
Piers Clark does not currently hold shares in Modern Water plc
and no further information in connection with his appointment is
required to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) (i) -
(viii) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
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For further information:
Modern Water plc +44 (0) 1483 696 000
Simon Humphrey, Chief
Executive
WH Ireland Limited +44 (0) 207 220 1666
Chris Fielding (Nominated
Adviser)
James Sinclair-Ford
Tavistock +44 (0) 207 920 3150
Andrew Dunn
James Collins
Notes to editors
Modern Water owns, installs and operates broad based membrane
systems using world-leading Forward Osmosis (FO) membrane
technologies; supplies packaged seawater Reverse Osmosis (RO)
desalination systems; supplies wastewater treatment solutions; and
develops and supplies advanced systems for water monitoring. Its
shares trade on the Alternative Investment Market of the London
Stock Exchange.
Modern Water's patented Forward Osmosis (FO) technology's
benefits include lower energy consumption and less environmental
impact in a variety of industries. With a sales presence in almost
60 countries, the Group's Monitoring Division includes a leading
real-time continuous toxicity monitor and trace metal analysers for
monitoring the quality of drinking water.
www.modernwater.com
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