Grafenia plc BOARD CHANGES (5278S)
June 26 2018 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 5278S
Grafenia plc
26 June 2018
26 June 2018
Grafenia plc
("Grafenia", the "Group" or "Company")
BOARD CHANGES
Grafenia (AIM:GRA) announces that Alan Roberts, the Group's
Finance Director is retiring from full-time work and has resigned
from the Board with immediate effect.
Peter Gunning, CEO of Grafenia said "Alan's been a part of our
management team for nearly twenty years. On behalf of the board,
I'd like to thank him for his contribution and service." Alan said
"The business and team have changed a great deal since I joined.
With its new strategy firmly in place and the benefit of the
recently raised funds, I look forward to seeing Grafenia's growth
accelerate through the next phase of its journey."
The Group has appointed Simon Barrell as Interim Finance
Director, a part-time Board position, with immediate effect. Simon
is a serial interim FD with experience across multiple industries
working in both the public and private sectors. His most recent
appointment was in the graphic sector where he was Finance Director
of a VCT backed MBO/MBI.
His more recent portfolio includes Finance Director of Napier
Brown Foods plc at the time of the float in 2003. The company was
later sold to The Real Good Food Company plc. Since leaving Napier
Brown Foods plc in 2005 he has acted as non-executive finance
director to Toluna plc, an on-line panel and technology services
company which was sold to private equity in 2011 having expanded
into the US and also having shown significant organic growth. He
has also acted as finance director, non-executive director and
non-executive chairman for a number of public companies and
continues to act as an adviser to listed and non-listed companies.
He is currently a non-executive director of Windar Photonics plc.
Simon qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Young in 1983
and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales. Simon said "I am delighted to be joining
Grafenia at this stage of its journey and assisting Peter and the
team to move the business forward."
Jan Mohr, Chairman of Grafenia said "Alan has been an important
member of the Grafenia family for a long time. His contributions
during the management transition of the last few years have been
valuable, and we'll miss him. We are looking forward to having
Simon on board as Interim FD. We expect to greatly benefit from his
guidance to further drive the abilities of our finance function. He
has a clear goal to develop and mentor our finance team to take on
larger roles within our organisation."
Simon Gregory Barrell, aged 59, is or has been a director of the
following companies in the past five years:
Current directorships/partnerships Past directorships/partnerships
Windar Photonics Plc CGI Creative Graphics International Limited
Windar Photonics A/S (Denmark) CGI Creative Graphics International (PTY) Ltd
(South Africa)
MPB Group Limited
Sign Language Limited
Graza Limited
Feedback plc
Feedback Black Box Company Limited
Brickshield Limited
Vian Marketing Limited
Octagonal plc (formerly SureTrack Monitoring
plc)
IBP Limited
For further information:
Grafenia plc
Peter Gunning (CEO) 07973 191 632
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated
Adviser and broker)
Virginia Bull / Liz Kirchner / Nicholas
Chambers 0203 328 5656
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