Gooch & Housego PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman (1454A)
December 22 2017 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMGHH
RNS Number : 1454A
Gooch & Housego PLC
22 December 2017
For immediate release 22 December 2017
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Company")
Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman
Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of photonic
components and systems, is pleased to announce that Gary Bullard
will be appointed to the Company's Board as Non-Executive Chairman
at the Annual General Meeting on 21 February 2018. At that time
Gareth Jones will step down as Non-Executive Chairman, following
almost 37 years of loyal service with the Company.
Gary has extensive experience of strategic leadership roles in a
range of sectors including information technology,
telecommunications, support services and industrial. He brings
substantial international expertise in high growth
environments.
Gary currently holds non-executive positions at companies
including Rotork plc and Spirent Communications plc. Previously, he
held senior executive positions at Logica plc, BT Group plc and IBM
Corporation.
Mark Webster, CEO of Gooch & Housego, commented:
"I would like to thank Gareth, both personally and on behalf of
G&H, for his wisdom and guidance as Chairman over the last 3
years and for his immense contribution to G&H's growth as a
business over many years. All his friends and colleagues at the
Company wish him well in his future endeavours.
"Gary Bullard brings extensive strategic and leadership
experience drawn from roles at an impressive group of
multi-national public corporations across a range of sectors. The
Board looks forward to benefiting from his counsel and expertise as
the Company moves forward into its next stage of development."
Gary Bruce Bullard (age 60 years) holds or has held the
following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:
Current Directorships or Partnerships Past Directorships or Partnerships
New Model Identity Limited The Smart Cube Limited
Rotork plc
Spirent Communcations plc
Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters which are
required to be disclosed in accordance with Rule 17 and paragraph
(g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to
Gary Bullard's appointment.
For further information
contact: -
Mark Webster / Andrew Gooch & Housego
Boteler PLC 01460 256440
Mark Court / Sophie
Wills Buchanan 020 7466 5000
Patrick Robb / David Investec Bank
Anderson plc 020 7597 5970
Notes to editors
1. Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business
headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset, UK with operations in the USA
and Europe. A world leader in its field, the company researches,
designs, engineers and manufactures advanced photonic systems,
components and instrumentation for applications in the Aerospace
& Defence, Industrial, Life Sciences and Scientific Research
sectors. World leading design, development and manufacturing
expertise is offered across a broad range of complementary
technologies.
2. All financial information included in this announcement is
sourced from unaudited management accounts and excludes any
specific items. This announcement contains certain forward-looking
statements that are based on management's current expectations or
beliefs as well as assumptions about future events. These are
subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the
economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in
the countries and sectors in which G&H operates. It is believed
that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable
but they may be affected by a wide range of variables which could
cause actual results, and G&H's plans and objectives, to differ
materially from those currently anticipated or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue
reliance on any such statements. Nothing in this announcement
should be construed as a profit forecast.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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