REG - LPA Group PLC - Directorate Change

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21/03/2018 07:05

RNS Number : 3560I
LPA Group PLC
21 March 2018
 

LPA GROUP PLC
 
Directorate Change
 
LPA Group plc ("LPA" or the "Group"), the LED lighting and electro-mechanical system manufacturer and distributor, announces the appointment of Christopher Buckenham FCCA as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 22 March 2018, in succession to Stephen Brett ACA, Finance Director, who alongside Per Staehr, Non-Executive Director, retires at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held at 12 noon today.
 
Chris joined LPA in October 2017 as Finance Executive as part of the Group Management succession plan to succeed Stephen Brett, Finance Director, whose retirement at LPA's Annual General Meeting was announced in the Chairman's Statement on 23 January 2018.
 
Chris qualified as a chartered certified accountant in 1996 and became a partner with SR Howell & Co before joining Grant Thornton Corporate Finance in 2000. Having led the financial restructuring of a client, CRP, he became its Finance Director and a shareholder in it in 2005. He left CRP in 2016 following its acquisition by Smurfit Kappa in 2013, to become Group Finance Director at Penso.
 
Other than as set out below, there are no matters that are required to be disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Christopher James Buckenham (aged 46):
 




Current Appointments


Past Appointments




None


CRP Print & Packaging Holdings Limited
CRP Print & Packaging Limited
Howper 485 Limited
Penso City Vehicles Limited
Penso Consulting Limited
Penso Electronics Limited
Penso Holdings Limited
Penso Limited
Penso Technology Limited
 




As at the date of this announcement, Mr Buckenham does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company.
 
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
 
21 March 2018
 
 
ENQUIRIES:
 




LPA Group plc 


Tel: 07881 626123 or 01799 512844




Peter Pollock, Chief Executive     


















Cairn Financial Advisers (Nominated Adviser)


Tel: 020 7213 0880




James Caithie / Tony Rawlinson


















WH Ireland (Broker)                          


Tel: 0113 394 6600




Tim Feather / James Sinclair-Ford


















Instinctif Partners (PR Adviser)                    


Tel: 020 7457 2020




Mark Garraway / Helen Tarbet








 



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