Directorate change
SDI Group plc
("SDI", the "Company", or the "Group")
Directorate Change
Appointment of Mark Fryer as Non-Executive Director
10 June 2026 - SDI Group plc, the buy and build group, focused on companies which design and manufacture specialist lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Fryer as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mark will join the Board on 16 July 2026 and will be appointed Audit Committee Chair on 1 August 2026.
Mark is a seasoned CFO and finance leader with over 35 years of experience in public companies, private equity and privately owned businesses spanning global manufacturing and industrial services. Currently, he is serving as Group CFO for Dialight plc, the Main Market listed global LED lighting business, where he has recently contributed to its return to profitable growth. Prior to this he held CFO positions at AIM-quoted Franchise Brands plc and Anexo Group plc and spent six years as Finance Director at Augean plc, during which time its market capitalisation grew from £25 million to £385 million ahead of its sale to infrastructure investors in 2021.
Mark has been involved in over 100 M&A transactions including the $1.8 billion acquisition of Volvo Cars by Li Shufu and the acquisition and financing of SKP, the largest paper recycling business in Europe, for £500 million. Mark is a Chartered Accountant and completed his Executive Education at Columbia Business School.
Ken Ford, Chairman of SDI, commented:
"We welcome Mark to the Board. His depth of financial leadership across public businesses, combined with his demonstrable track record of M&A, will be a significant asset to SDI as we continue to execute our growth strategy and add to our portfolio of acquisitions in high-growth markets. His hands-on operational background makes him ideally suited to support the team and I look forward to working closely with him."
Enquiries:
SDI Group plc
Stephen Brown, Chief Executive Officer
Amitabh Sharma, Chief Financial Officer
+44 (0)1223 727144
James Dimitriou, Group Head of Corporate Development
Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd (NOMAD & Joint Corporate Broker)
Ed Frisby / Seamus Fricker - Corporate Finance
Andrew Burdis / Sunila de Silva - Corporate Broking
+44 (0)20 7220 0500
Stifel (Joint Corporate Broker)
+44 (0) 20 7710 7600
Fred Walsh / Brough Ransom / Ben Good
Vigo Consulting (Financial Communications)
Tim McCall / Rozi Morris / Fiona Hetherington
+44 (0)20 7390 0230
About SDI Group plc
SDI Group plc, is a buy and build group, focused on companies which design and manufacture specialist lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products. The Group includes small to medium size companies with specialist industrial and scientific products in growth sector niches which help solve customers' key challenges.
It specialises in the acquisition and development of companies that design and manufacture specialist products for use in lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products.
Its portfolio of businesses serves a broad spectrum of specialised markets, ranging from advanced industrial technologies (aerospace & defence, manufacturing, semiconductors and precision measurement) to scientific and medical applications (life sciences, healthcare, astronomy). SDI aims to continue its growth through driving the organic growth of its portfolio companies and by the acquisition of complementary technology businesses with established reputations in global markets.
For more information, please see: www.SDIGroup.com
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER RULE 17 AND SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (G) OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")
Full name: Mark Rupert Maxwell Fryer
Age: 59
Shares held in the Company: None
Options held in the Company: None
Current Directorships
Previous Directorships held in the past five years
Colwall Consulting Ltd
Dialight Plc
Dialight Europe Limited
Belling Lee Limited
Roxboro Overseas Limited
The Roxboro Trust Company Limited
Dialight de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.
Dialight Latin America S. de R.L. de C.V.
Dialight GmbH
Dialight Corporation
Roxboro Holdings Inc
Dialight ILS Australia Pty Ltd
Dialight Asia Pte. Limited
Preformed Windings Limited
Hydraulic Authority I Limited
Hydraulic Authority II Limited
Hydraulic Authority III Limited
Pirtek Europe Limited
FB Holdings Limited
Franchise Brands Plc
Hopkinson Waste Holdings Ltd
IGCA 2013 Limited
Professional and Legal Services Limited
Direct Accident Management Limited
Anexo Group Limited
Augean LFT Claims Co Limited
Augean Incineration Limited
Augean Limited
Augean North Sea Services Limited
HiTech Equipment Limited
Augean Property Limited
Colt Industrial Services Limited
Augean Treatment Limited
Augean North Limited
R N A Investments Limited
Augean South Limited
There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to the appointment pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.
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