REG - Gooch & Housego PLC - Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

Gooch & HousegoAnnouncement

30/04/2019 07:05

RNS Number : 4677X
Gooch & Housego PLC
30 April 2019
 






For immediate release


30 April 2019




 
 
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Company")
 
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems, announces that Chris Jewell will be appointed to the Board of Directors as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") with effect from October 2019 at the latest.
Chris has extensive executive and financial experience, with a successful track record in technology led, global engineering and manufacturing businesses operating in A&D, Industrial and Life Science markets.
He is currently Group Director of Financial Control at TT Electronics PLC and has previously held senior finance positions at Cobham PLC and MBDA UK.
Chris is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, holds a first class honours degree in History from Cambridge University and an MA from the London School of Economics.
Andy Boteler, our current CFO, will step down from the Board of Directors in June 2019 and in the interim period before Chris' start date, our Group Financial Controller Gareth Crowe will lead our finance function.   
Mark Webster, CEO of Gooch & Housego, commented:
"Chris brings a wealth of global executive and financial experience. We are looking forward to benefiting from his knowledge and expertise as we continue to put in place the organisational structure and business systems needed to take the Company forward to its next stage of development.
"I would like to thank Andy personally for his support and advice during my time as CEO. He has been an important part of G&H's success over many years and will be missed.
"All of Andy's friends and colleagues at the Company wish him well with his future endeavours."




 
 
For further information contact: -
 


 


 




Mark Webster / Andrew Boteler 


Gooch & Housego PLC


01460 256440




Mark Court / Sophie Wills/ Catriona Flint  


Buchanan


020 7466 5000




Patrick Robb/ David Anderson   


Investec Bank plc


020 7597 5970




 
 
Christopher Adrian Jewell (aged 54 years) currently holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:
 




Current Directorships or Partnerships


Previous Directorships or Partnerships




A.B. Electronic Components Limited


Aerial Facilities Limited




Automotive Electronic Systems Limited


 




BI Technologies Limited


 




Commendshaw Limited


 




Controls Direct Limited


 




Crystaliate Electronics Limited


 




Dale Electric International Limited


 




Deltight Washers Limited


 




Linton and Hirst Group Limited


 




Midland Electronics Limited


 




MMG Linton and Hirst Limited


 




Nulectrohms Limited


 




Rodco Limited


 




Sensit Limited


 




The Brearley Group Limited


 




TT Asia Holdings Limited


 




TT Automotive Electronics Limited


 




TT Electronics Europe Limited


 




TT Electronics Group Holdings Limited


 




TT Electronics Holdco Limited


 




TT Group Limited


 




TTG Nominees Limited


 




TT Power Solutions Limited


 




TTE Trustees Limited


 




TTG Properties Limited


 




Welwyn Electronics Limited


 




Wolsey Comcare Limited


 




 
 
 
 
 
 
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.
 




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