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17/03/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 2878T  Yourgene Health PLC  17 March 2023

Yourgene Health plc

("Yourgene", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

Directorate Change

Appointment of Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

Manchester, UK - 17 March 2023: Yourgene (AIM: YGEN), a leading international
molecular diagnostic group, announces that it has agreed that Barry Hextall,
Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), will step down from his role as a director to
pursue other opportunities with immediate effect.

 

Barry, who has been with the Company for eight years, will provide an orderly
handover over the next six months and will remain as Company Secretary until a
full-time successor is appointed. Peter Charles, an experienced Interim CFO
with broad cross sector experience, will take on the CFO role on a short-term
basis, in a non-Board capacity. The process of recruiting a full-time CFO will
begin immediately and it is expected to conclude in time for the full-time CFO
to benefit from the agreed handover period.

 

Dr John Brown, Non-Executive Chairman, commented: "I would like to extend the
Board's thanks to Barry for his contribution to Yourgene Health over the last
eight years and his willingness to support an orderly handover. We wish him
the very best for the future and look forward to updating shareholders further
in due course."

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of the UK
Market Abuse Regulation. The Directors of the Company take responsibility for
this announcement.

 

 

 Yourgene Health plc                                                         Tel: +44 (0)161 669 8122

 Lyn Rees, Chief Executive Officer                                           investors@yourgenehealth.com (mailto:investors@yourgenehealth.com)
 Joanne Cross, Director of Marketing

 Cairn Financial Advisers LLP (NOMAD)                                        Tel: +44 (0)20 7213 0880
 Liam Murray / Ludovico Lazzaretti

 Singer Capital Markets (Corporate Broker)                                   Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
 Aubrey Powell / Tom Salvesen / George Tzimas

 Walbrook PR Ltd (Media and Investor Relations)  Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or yourgene@walbrookpr.com
                                                 (mailto:yourgene@walbrookpr.com)
 Paul McManus / Alice Woodings / Lianne Applegarth                           Mob: 07980 541 893 / 07407 804 654/ 07584 391 303

 

About Yourgene Health

 

Yourgene Health is an international molecular diagnostics group which develops
integrated genomic technologies and services enabling precision medicine. The
group works in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance
diagnostic science.

 

Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and
accurate molecular diagnostic solutions, for reproductive health, precision
medicine and now infectious diseases. The Group's flagship products include
non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) for Down's Syndrome and other genetic
disorders, Cystic Fibrosis screening tests, invasive rapid aneuploidy tests,
and a recent extension into the oncology space with DPYD genotyping.

 

The launch of Yourgene Genomic Services has enabled Yourgene to offer a global
laboratory service network equipped to be a full life-cycle partner for
clinical, research and pharmaceutical organisations to support partners at the
preclinical, clinical, and post-market stages to develop, manufacture, obtain
regulatory approval and commercialise new products and services. In addition,
Yourgene Genomic Services offers an NIPT and high throughput COVID testing
service.

 

In August 2020, Yourgene acquired Coastal Genomics, Inc., a sample preparation
technology company based in Vancouver, Canada, enabling the Company to extend
its offering and IP portfolio in the DNA sample preparation sector. The
acquisition increased Yourgene's geographical penetration into the US and
Canada, supplementing existing coverage in the UK, Europe, MEA and Asia.

 

Yourgene Health is headquartered in Manchester, UK with offices in Taipei,
Singapore, the US and Canada, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM
market under the ticker "YGEN". For more information visit
https://yourgenehealth.com/ (https://yourgenehealth.com/) and follow us on
twitter @Yourgene_Health.

 

 

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