REG - Gooch & Housego PLC - Appointment of Non-Executive Director

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15/03/2023 12:00

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RNS Number : 0799T  Gooch & Housego PLC  15 March 2023

 For immediate release  15 March 2023

 

 

Gooch & Housego PLC

("G&H" or the "Company")

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of photonic
components & systems, is pleased to announce that Susan Searle has been
appointed to the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from
3 April 2023. Upon appointment, Susan will become a member of the Audit,
Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the G&H Board.

Susan was a founder of Touchstone Innovations plc, and formerly its CEO.  She
has served on a variety of private and quoted company boards in engineering,
healthcare and advanced materials, and held a variety of commercial and
business development roles with Shell Chemicals, the Bank of Nova Scotia,
Montech (Australia), and Signet Group plc. Previously Susan was the Senior
Independent Director and Remuneration Committee Chair of Horizon Discovery
Group plc, and Chair of Mercia Asset Management plc and Schroder UK Public
Private Trust plc.

Susan is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration
Committee of Qinetiq Group plc, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and
Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Benchmark Holdings plc, and Chair of
Greenback Recycling Technologies Limited.

Gary Bullard, Chairman of Gooch & Housego, commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Susan to the Board of Gooch & Housego. She
brings to the Group strong experience of commercialising new technologies and
intellectual property, as well as ESG and Remuneration matters.  I am sure
Susan will make a valuable contribution to the continuing growth of the Gooch
& Housego business."

Further regulatory disclosures

 

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g)
of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Susan Jane Searle (maiden name Price), age 59, currently holds or has held the
following directorships or partnerships in the past five years.

 

 Current Directorships or Partnerships      Past Directorships or Partnerships

 Greenback Recycling Technologies Limited   Schroder UK Public Private Trust plc

 Qinetiq Group plc                          Mercia Asset Management plc

 Benchmark Holdings plc                     Horizon Discovery plc

                                            SS Businesses Limited

 

No further information is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g)
of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Charlie Peppiatt, Chief Executive Officer                  Gooch & Housego PLC                     +44 (0) 1460 256440

 Chris Jewell, Chief Financial Officer

 Mark Court / George Cleary                                 Buchanan                                +44 (0) 20 7466 5000

 G&H@buchanan.uk.com (mailto:G&H@buchanan.uk.com)

 Christopher Baird / David Anderson                         Investec Bank plc (Nomad & broker)      +44 (0) 20 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.

 

 

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