GUINNESS PEAT GROUP PLC
ANNOUNCEMENT
Guinness Peat Group plc ("GPG" or the "Company") announces the appointment today of Ron Langley as a non-executive director of the Company.
Ron Langley is an experienced director having sat on the boards of a number of large and small public companies around the world.
Ron was born in Australia and graduated in Commerce from The University of New South Wales. He has spent the last 25 years in the United States, initially heading the former Brierley International Ltd's international subsidiary in North America. He then became Executive Chairman of PICO Holdings, Inc., a very successful insurance, water rights and property company with significant strategic investments in the US, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.
Ron owns 800,000 ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company, registered in his own name.
28 May 2009