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RNS Number : 7681Z  Inspecs Group PLC  18 September 2025

18 September 2025

 

Inspecs Group plc

("Inspecs"  "the Company" or "the Group")

 

Appointment of Non-Executive Chair

 

Inspecs Group plc, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of eyewear
(sunglasses, optical frames, lenses and low vision products) is pleased to
announce the appointment of Andrea Davis as Non-Executive Chair of the
Company. The appointment will take effect on or before 31(st) December 2025.

 

Andrea has been appointed following the conclusion of a comprehensive and
competitive recruitment process, led by an external executive search firm.

 

Throughout her career, Andrea has chaired and advised a diverse range of
assets, across consumer and manufacturing and other sectors, predominately in
small to mid-cap companies across continental Europe.

 

Andrea is currently on the boards of Modulr and William Jackson Food Group
and, up until recently, was the Managing Director of European Private Equity
at Investcorp. Spending just over a decade in this role, Andrea was
responsible for the post acquisition management and oversight of the private
equity portfolio of companies across EMEA. Prior to Investcorp, Andrea was a
Managing Director at TDX Group, a data and technology business, where she led
the company's strategic initiatives and revenue growth. This ultimately led to
her appointment as CFO of TDX Group in 2013, when she led the Company's sale
process to Equifax for £200m in 2014.

 

Andrea Davis commented: "I am delighted to be joining the Board of Inspecs, a
Group that has established itself as a leader in the global eyewear market
through its vertically-integrated business model. I look forward to working
closely with my new Board colleagues and the wider executive team to support
the growth strategy and governance of the Group."

 

Christopher Hancock, Interim Chair, commented: "I am delighted to announce
that we have appointed Andrea Davis to the role of Non-Executive Chair. Andrea
has a proven track record in business strategy and transformation and her
experience in supporting UK and international companies through their growth
journeys will be invaluable to Inspecs Group. The Board and I look forward to
working with Andrea in due course."

 

The names of all companies and partnerships of which Andrea Jayne Davis, aged
60, has been a director or partner at any time in the previous five years are
set out below:

 

 Current Directorships              Past Directorships (Last 5 Years)
 Dauphine Holdings (UK) Limited     Safety Topco Limited
 Triplog Holdings Limited           Greengage & Co. Limited
 Abax Invest AS                     POC Sweden AB
 Abax Midco AS
 Abax Group AS                      Corneliani  S.p.A
 Abax AS                            Abital S.R.L
 Clinic Holdings (UK) Limited       Symbol S.R.L
 Cloudcare Topco Limited            Dainese S.p.A
 SPG Prints Holding Limited
 Print Holdings B.V                 Corneliani S.R.L.
 Corneliani S.p.A                   CEME S.p.A
 Sarti Holding (UK) Limited         SecureLink Holdco B.V.
 Corneliani Holdings (UK) Limited   SecureLink Midco B.V.
 Virtus Holdings UK Ltd             SecureLink Bidco B.V.
 Innovation Holdco Limited          SecureLink Acquisition B.V.
 Muscles UK Holdings Limited        Georg Jensen A/S
 Sanos Group ApS                    Georg Jensen Investment A/S
 Sanos Holdco ApS                   Investcorp Securities Limited
 Sanos Midco ApS                    Investcorp International Limited
 Spring Investco Limited            Investcorp Europe Holdings Limited
 Sanos Holding A/S                  SecureLink Holdco
 Ibis Topco Limited                 Crops Holdings (UK) Limited
 Ibis Midco Limited                 Cloudcare UK Holdings Limited
 Investis Digital Topco Limited     Moonlight Holdings (UK) Limited
 Investis Digital Limited
 SEC Newgate S.P.A
 SEC Newgate Global Strategy S.p.A
 William Jackson Foods Limited
 Modulr FS Ltd
 Zacco A/S
 Orca Midco Ltd
 Orca Holdings Denmark  ApS

 POC Hold II AB

 

Company in administration

 

As a result of her role with Investcorp, Andrea was previously a director of
Corneliani S.R.L. ("Corneliani"). The directors of Corneliani instigated an
Italian insolvency process (Concordato Preventivo) during 2020 when it became
clear that the business could not continue to trade due to a lack of secure
funding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Corneliani subsequently entered
liquidation on 11 March 2021.

 

There are no further matters that require disclosure in accordance with rule
17 of, and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to, the AIM Rules.

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Inspecs Group plc                         via FTI Consulting

 Richard Peck (CEO)                        Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000

 Chris Kay (CFO)

 Peel Hunt (Nominated Adviser and Broker)  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

 George Sellar

 Andrew Clark

 FTI Consulting (Financial PR)             Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000

 Alex Beagley

 Harriet Jackson

 Amy Goldup

 

About Inspecs Group plc

 

About INSPECS Group plc

INSPECS is a leading provider of eyewear solutions to the global eyewear
market. The Group produces a broad range of eyewear frames and low vision
aids, covering optical, sunglasses and safety, which are either "Branded"
(under licence or under the Group's own proprietary brands), or "OEM"
(unbranded or private label on behalf of retail customers).

 

INSPECS is building a global eyewear business through its vertically
integrated business model. Its continued growth is underpinned by increasing
the penetration of its own-brand portfolio, worldwide distribution, growing
retail presence, maximising group synergies and its global network, expanding
its manufacturing capacity and scaling the research and development department
as it develops new and innovative eyewear products.

 

The Group has operations across the globe: with offices and subsidiaries in
the UK, Europe, the US and China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen),
and manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, China, the UK and Italy.

 

INSPECS customers are global optical and non-optical retailers, global
distributors and independent opticians. Its distribution network covers over
80 countries and reaches approximately 75,000 points of sale.

 

More information is available at: www.INSPECS.com (http://www.INSPECS.com)

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