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RNS Number : 9156V  GETECH Group plc  20 August 2025

20 August 2025

 

 

 

Getech Group PLC

("Getech" or the "Company")

New Executive Board

 

Getech, a world-leading locator of subsurface resources, is pleased to
announce the following changes to the composition of the Executive Board.
Chris Jepps appointed Interim CEO in January 2025 becomes CEO on a permanent
basis. Simon Brown, appointed Finance Director (a non-Board role) in November
2024, joins the Board as CFO. Max Brouwers, Chief Business Development
Officer, who was proposed to join the Board, now does so as an Executive
Director. All three appointments commence with immediate effect.

 

 

Michael Covington, Chair of Getech, said:

"On behalf of the Board, I would like to congratulate all three on their
well-deserved appointments. Each has deep understanding of, and alignment
with, our business, our customers, and our operations and has delivered
consistently for the Company and its stakeholders. Over the past six months,
they have led the development and execution of a comprehensive turnaround
plan, refocusing the business on its core oil and gas client base,
streamlining the cost structure, and strengthening our leadership position in
the evolving and potentially transformational global geological hydrogen
sector. While early in the process, the Group is already in a significantly
stronger position, benefiting from a more commercially aligned and focused
team. These appointments reflect the Board's confidence in their leadership
and mark the formation of a new executive team to drive the Company's future
performance."

 

About Chris Jepps

Chris has extensive energy industry, GIS and entrepreneurial experience. In
his time as Technical Director at Exprodat he established the company's
technical strategy and led its software design and development. Following
Exprodat's acquisition by Getech in 2016, Chris joined as Products Director,
becoming Group COO in February 2018.

During his near 7 years as COO, Chris led the company's product strategy with
the aim of growing software revenues from Getech's core and emerging markets.
Some of his key achievements in this time include enhancing its oil and gas
workflow products to meet the changing needs of the energy market, migrating
Globe from its legacy delivery model to a modern cloud-based architecture that
enabled the launch of a subscription model to support wider energy transition
adoption, and introducing cloud-based subscription models for its global
gravity and magnetic data holdings to better serve the needs of Getech's
mining customer-base.

Chris has a BSc in Geology from Imperial College, London, and is an alumnus of
Esri's global Partner Advisory Council.

 

About Simon Brown

Simon joined Getech in 2018 as the Company's Financial Controller moving to
become Group Finance Director in November 2024. He has led the finance
division and successfully implemented a series of projects to improve the
financial reporting of the Company and established new protocols to enhance
the security of the business. Simon has been a proactive and strong steward of
the Company's working capital and liquidity, and has also been behind a
significant improvement of Group IT systems and structures.

 

With 15 years' experience working in senior finance leadership roles within
various complex, multinational PLCs and SME organisations, including previous
Financial Controller roles at the advertising services company WTMS Ltd (a WPP
group company) and specialist resourcing companies; Milestone Operations and
Methods consulting.

 

Simon has a BA in Accounting and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants, having qualified in 2006.
(https://www.linkedin.com/company/453150/)

 

About Max Brouwers

Max is a senior executive driving the energy transition with more than
25-years' experience. He started his career at Shell in 1996 and his last role
there was Vice President Exploration for Europe, Russia and Caspian. In his
time with Shell, he directed exploration & energy transition activities in
more than 17 countries and delivered multi billion commercial deals. He also
spearheaded the open-source industry standard cloud platform O-SDU and a
digital start-up. He has a track record of forging partnerships with
governments, national oil companies, boards and across directorates. He is the
chair of the AAPG Energy Transition Forum, member of the UK Subsurface
Taskforce and has an MBA plus an MSc in Geology.

Max joined Getech in October 2021 as Chief Business Development Officer, and
has focused on natural hydrogen, critical minerals and geothermal as well as
bringing considerable experience and networks in oil & gas.

 

Regulatory disclosures

 

For Simon Brown:

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule Two
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Simon James Brown,
aged 46.

 

Simon Brown holds or has held the following directorships/partnerships in the
past five years:

 

 Current directorships/partnerships  Past directorships/partnerships
 Getech Hydrogen Limited             SJBRO Consulting Limited

 Hymaroc Ltd

 

Simon holds 290,000 Ordinary Shares and 900,000 share options in respect of
the Ordinary Share Capital of Getech Group plc.

 

For Max Brouwers:

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule Two
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Max Henri Marie
Paul Brouwers, aged 51.

 

Max Brouwers holds or has held the following directorships/partnerships in the
past five years:

 

 Current directorships/partnerships  Past directorships/partnerships
 N/A                                 Shell Albania Block 4 B.V.

                                     Shell EP Russia Investments (III) B.V.

                                     Shell EP Russia Investments (V) B.V.

                                     Shell International and Exploration Development S.P. A

                                     Shell Upstream Albania B.V.

 

Max holds 503,180 Ordinary Shares and 900,000 share options in respect of the
Ordinary Share Capital of Getech Group plc.

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 Getech Group plc

 Chris Jepps, CEO                                 Tel:  0113 322 2200

 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited

 Neil McDonald / Pete Lynch (Corporate Finance)   Tel:  0207 397 8900

 Michael Johnson / Dale Bellis (Sales)

 Novella Communications                           Tel: 0203 151 7008
 Tim Robertson / Safia Colebrook
 getech@novella-comms.com

 

Notes to editors:

About Getech

Getech is a leading locator of the energy and mineral resources essential
for the world's energy transition. Getech's unique data encompassing the most
recent 400 million years of Earth's evolution, coupled with its geoscience
expertise, AI-driven analytics and extensive GIS capabilities, enables the
Company to provide valuable and actionable insights to support resource
discovery and development.

The Company's client portfolio is wide-ranging, from governments,
municipalities, natural resources and energy companies to consumer goods and
computing services companies, all striving to become energy and minerals
self-sufficient and drive towards net zero.

Founded in 1994 Getech is listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the
London Stock Exchange ("AIM"), with ticker symbol GTC.

 

For further information, please visit www.getech.com (http://www.getech.com/)
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