REG - Gooch & Housego PLC - Appointment of Non-Executive Director
RNS Number : 3398MGooch & Housego PLC11 May 2020
For immediate release
11th May 2020
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Group")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems, is pleased to announce that Louise Evans has been appointed to the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director, and Chair of the Audit Committee, with effect from 11th May 2020.
Louise brings extensive experience from her strategic leadership roles in both listed and privately owned technical engineering groups. She has substantial expertise in the areas of financial management and M&A as well as the implementation of internal control and risk management frameworks.
Louise is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of AIM-quoted AB Dynamics plc and a Board advisor to low carbon commodity broker SCB Group.
Louise was Group Finance Director of Braemar Shipping Services plc from 2015 to 2018 and previously Group Financial Director of Williams Grand Prix Holdings plc. Louise is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Gary Bullard, Chairman of G&H, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Louise to the Board. She has significant experience at Board level in listed and international businesses. Going forwards, I am sure she will make a valuable contribution to the continuing growth of the Group."
For further information contact: -
Mark Webster/Chris Jewell
Gooch & Housego PLC
01460 256440
Mark Court /Charlotte Slater
Buchanan
020 7466 5000
Chris Baird/ Patrick Robb/
David Anderson
Investec Bank plc
020 7597 5970
Louise Margaret Evans (aged 46 years) currently holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:
Current Directorships or Partnerships
Past Directorships or Partnerships
AB Dynamics plc
A.C.M. Shipping Services Limited
ACM Sale & Purchase Limited
ACM Shipping CIS Limited
ACM Shipping EBT Limited
ACM Shipping USA Limited
ACM Tankers Limited
Alchemy Trading Company Limited
Asian Energy Services Pte Ltd
Braemar ACM Group Limited
Braemar ACM Shipbroking (Dry Cargo) Limited
Braemar ACM Shipbroking (USA) Inc.
Braemar ACM Shipbroking Group Limited
Braemar ACM Shipbroking Limited
Braemar ACM Shipbroking Pte Limited
Braemar ACM Shipbroking Pty Limited
Braemar ACM Valuations Limited
Braemar Atlantic Securities Holdings Limited
Braemar Atlantic Securities Limited
Braemar Burness Maritime Limited
Braemar Chartering Limited
Braemar Container Shipping and Chartering Limited
Braemar Developments Limited
Braemar Financial Holdings Germany GmbH
Braemar Financial Holdings Limited
Braemar Futures Limited
Braemar Holdings (USA) Inc
Braemar Howells Consultancy Limited
Braemar Marine Limited
Braemar Maritime Limited
Braemar Naves Corporate Finance GmbH
Braemar Naves Corporate Finance Limited
Braemar Response Limited
Braemar Seascope (Beijing) Limited
Braemar Seascope Shipping Limited
Braemar Seascope Technical Services Limited
Braemar Shipbrokers Limited
Braemar Shipping Services plc
Braemar Tankers Limited
Braemar Technical Services (Adjusting) Limited
Braemar Technical Services (Adjusting) Pte Ltd
Braemar Technical Services (Engineering) Inc
Braemar Technical Services (Engineering) Limited
Braemar Technical Services (Offshore) Pte Limited
Braemar Technical Services (USA) Inc
Braemar Technical Services Holdings Limited
Braemar Technical Services Inc
Braemar Technical Services Limited
Braemar Technical Services Pte Ltd
BS Energy Services Limited
BTS (Offshore) Pte Ltd (Nevis)
Burness Marine (Gas) Limited
Burness Marine (Tankers) Limited
Cagnoil Limited
CB (Newcastle) Ltd
Cory Brothers (USA) Inc
Cory Brothers Shipping Agencies (S) Pte Ltd
Cory Brothers Shipping Agency Limited
Cory Logistics Limited
Fred Olsen Freight Limited
Freight Action Limited
GFL (UK) Limited
Gorman Cory Shipping Agency Limited
Lawrence Holt & Company Limited
Lemstock Limited
London Central Cruise Moorings Limited
Morrison Shipping Agency Limited
Morrison Shipping Limited
Morrison Tours Limited
Morrison Tours Logistics Limited
Orca Shipping Limited
Persona Logistics Services Limited
Planetwide Group Limited
Planetwide Limited
Portabella Limited
Red Dragon Line Limited
Seascope Capital Services Limited
Seascope Projects Limited
Seascope Sale & Purchase Limited
Seascope Shipping Investments Limited
Seascope Shipping Limited
Seascope Shipping Services Limited
ShipTrak Limited
South African Liner Services Limited
Wavespec (North East) Limited
The Infertility Network (UK)
There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Louise Evans.
Notes to editors
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.
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