Board Appointment

RNS Number : 6738H

Filtronic PLC

19 November 2018

 

19 November 2018

Filtronic plc

("Filtronic" or the "Company")

BOARD APPOINTMENT

Filtronic plc (AIM: FTC), the designer and manufacturer of antennas, filters and mmWave products for the wireless telecoms and critical communications markets, announces the appointment of Peter (Pete) Magowan as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect.

Pete is an experienced board executive, having served on the main board of ARM Holdings plc and Superscape plc, during the course of a career working in global technology companies. Pete also previously served as the Head of Energy Investments at Fidelity International.

Pete's early operational career was in sales and marketing at leading technology companies. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and a Diploma in Marketing from the University of Bristol Business School.

It is intended that Pete will chair the Company's Remuneration Committee and will be a member of both the Audit and Nominations Committees.

Reg Gott, Chairman, commented: "We are delighted that Pete has joined Filtronic as a Non-Executive Director. His background of selling into the telecoms industry and his investment management experience will greatly enhance our board and we are all looking forward to working with Pete as we further develop the Company."

Enquiries:

Filtronic plc	Tel. [phone] or [e-mail]
Rob Smith (CEO)
Michael Tyerman (Finance Director)
Maura Moynihan (Company Secretary)
finnCap Ltd	Tel. [phone]
Jonny Franklin-Adams/Hannah Boros (Corporate Finance)
Alice Lane/Sunila de Silva (ECM)
Walbrook PR Limited	Tel. [phone] or [e-mail]
Paul Cornelius	Mob. [phone]
Sam Allen	Mob. [phone]

Additional Information:

The following disclosures are made in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies. Other than this information, there is no further information required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Full Name	Peter (Pete) John Magowan
Age	51
Current beneficial shareholding in the Company	None
Current Directorships	Torrent Partners Limited Spin Transfer Technologies, Inc
Former Directorships (previous five years)	Amantys Limited* Blu Wireless Technology Limited Blu Wireless Technology Limited (EBT) Romax Technology Ltd *Amantys Limited was disolved in May 2017 via members voluntary liquidiation. All creditors were satisfied.

 

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