OPG Power Ventures plc Result of AGM & Appointment of Non-Executive (5698U)
November 25 2019 - 8:52AM
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RNS Number : 5698U
OPG Power Ventures plc
25 November 2019
25 November 2019
OPG Power Ventures plc
("OPG" or the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting, Appointment of Non-Executive
Director
OPG Power Ventures plc (AIM: OPG), the developer and operator of
power plants in India, announces that at its eleventh Annual
General Meeting of shareholders held today all of the resolutions
proposed in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed.
On 9 October 2019, the Company announced certain board changes
including the proposed appointment of Mr Narayanan Kumar as a
Non-Executive Director. The Board is pleased to confirm that Mr
Kumar was appointed to the Board with effect from today.
Mr Kumar is Vice Chairman of The Sanmar Group, a multinational
group, headquartered in Chennai, India, with activities spanning
chemical production, engineering and shipping. He serves on the
boards of various public bodies and of a number of companies across
various sectors including electronics, telecommunications,
engineering, technology, management and finance. He is a former
President of the Confederation of Indian Industry and is currently
Chairman of the Indo-Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He
is the Honorary Consul General of Greece in Chennai. Mr Kumar has a
wide range of public interests in the areas of health, social
welfare, sport and education, which include his role as President
of Bala Mandir Kamaraj Trust and Managing Trustee of The Indian
Education Trust. He is also a member of the World Wildlife Fund for
Nature, India and is a former trustee of the Institute for
Financial Management and Research.
Mr Kumar has a degree in Electronics Engineering from Anna
University, Chennai and is a fellow member of the Indian National
Academy of Engineering. He is also a life member of the Institute
of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers.
Commenting on Mr Kumar's appointment, Executive Chairman Arvind
Gupta said: "We are delighted to welcome Mr Kumar to the Board of
OPG. He brings a significant level of industrial knowledge and
strategic experience that will prove invaluable to the
Company."
For further information, please visit www.opgpower.com or
contact:
+91 (0) 44 429
OPG Power Ventures PLC 11211
Arvind Gupta / Dmitri Tsvetkov
Cenkos Securities (Nominated Adviser +44 (0) 20 7397
& Broker) 8900
Russell Cook / Stephen Keys
+44 (0) 20 7920
Tavistock (Financial PR) 3150
Simon Hudson / Barney Hayward / Nick
Elwes
Narayanan Kumar, aged 69, has held the following directorships
and/or partnerships in the past five years
Current Directorships/Partnerships:
Aegon Life Insurance Company Limited
Bharti Infratel Limited
EG Innovations Private Limited
EG Innovations Pte. Limited, Singapore
Entertainment Network (India) Limited
L&T Technology Services Limited
Larsen & Toubro Limited
Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children
Mphasis Limited
NK Trading and Consultancy Private Limited
Risk Educators Private Limited
Singapore- India Partnership Foundation (India)
Take Solutions Limited
Previous Directorships/Partnerships:
Cubbon Road Properties Private Limited
MRF Limited
Madhura Kumar Properties Private Limited
Times Infotainment Media Limited
Times Innovative Media Limited
Mr Kumar is Vice Chairman, although not a director, of The
Sanmar Group.
Mr Kumar does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company. There
are no further disclosures required to be made pursuant to Schedule
2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.
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