Appointment of New Finance Di

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LonZim PLC

06 October 2009

 



6 October 2009 

LONZIM PLC

('Lonzim' or the 'Company')

Appointment of New Finance Director

Lonzim Plc (AIM: LZM), is pleased to announce the appointment of David James Armstrong as Finance Director of Lonzim with immediate effect.

Mr Armstrong (FCA), age 44, is currently the Finance Director of Lonrho Plc and brings with him extensive experience of operating in Africa having been, until October 2004, the Commercial Director of Diageo Africa with combined functional responsibility for finance, information systems, strategy and business development. Mr Armstrong contributed to the successful deployment of Diageo's pan-African growth strategy, encompassing over 50 countries. Mr. Armstrong has also been the COO of McArtherGlen in the UK and Europe with retail sales of Euros 1.3 billion.

With Mr Armstrong's appointment as Finance Director of Lonzim today, Mrs Jean Ellis has stood down as the Company's Finance Director and today assumes the role as a non-executive director of the Company.

David Lenigas, Lonzim's Executive Chairman commented:

'We are delighted to welcome David Armstrong as Finance Director of Lonzim. He is a strong addition to the LonZim Board with a solid financial background and extensive experience of Africa.'

'I would also like to thank Jean Ellis for all of her hard work in the past and I am delighted that Lonzim will still benefit from her continued support and advice in her new role as a non-executive director of the Lonzim Board.'

Enquiries

LonZim Plc
David Lenigas	Executive Chairman	[phone]
Geoffrey White	Chief Executive Officer	[phone]
Emma Priestley	Executive Director	[phone]
WH Ireland Ltd: Nomad and Broker
James Joyce		[phone]
Pelham Public Relations
Charles Vivian		[phone]
		[phone]
James MacFarlane		[phone]
		[phone]

David James Armstrong

Current directorships

Lonrho Plc 
Lonrho Africa (Holdings) Limited
Lonrho Aviation (BVI) Limited
Rollex (Pty) Limited
Amoria Limited
Amoria Brands Limited
Ministry of Ideas Company Limited
Spritz UK Limited

Past directorships held within the last 5 years

Spritz Limited

No further information is required to be disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

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