Directorate Change

RNS Number : 9590U

GETECH Group plc

25 October 2010

 

GETECH Group plc

("GETECH" or the "Company")

Board Changes

GETECH, a leading oil services business specialising in the provision of data, studies and interpretation services to the oil and mining exploration sectors, announces that Charles Tavner has resigned as a director of the Company, with immediate effect. IP Group plc, on whose behalf Charles Tavner was appointed, have reserved the right to appoint a replacement and accordingly GETECH announces the appointment of Alison Margaret Fielding (nee Brown), aged 46, as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

Alison holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, a PhD in organic chemistry and a first class degree in chemistry from the University of Glasgow. Early in her career she spent five years at McKinsey & Co and more recently, while at IP Group, has sat on the board of and advised several early stage and quoted technology companies.

Alison is currently a director of Techtran Group Limited, Techtran Investments Limited, Techtran Services Limited, Techtran Limited, IP Group plc, Care International UK, Perachem Limited, Green Chemicals plc, IP Industry Partners Limited, Crysalin Limited, The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, Top Technology Ventures Limited, Amaethon Trustees Limited, Fusion IP plc, Coe Group plc, Amaethon Limited, IP2IPO Limited, IP2IPO Services Limited and IP Venture Fund (GP) Limited. Alison Fielding was also previously a director of Pure Polymers Limited that was dissolved on 21 April 2010 having never traded.

Alison is not, and has not been in the past five years, a director or partner of any other company or partnership.

Alison does not hold any shares in the Company, but IP Group plc, on whose behalf Alison is appointed, hold 6,263,943 ordinary shares in the Company representing 21.42% of the total number of shares in issue.

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

Peter Stephens, Non-executive Chairman of GETECH, commented "We are pleased to have attracted someone of Alison's calibre and welcome her to the Board. Alison has extensive experience in working with growing companies. The Board would like to thank Charles for his contribution and wishes him well for the future."      

For further information, please contact:

GETECH Group plc
Derek Fairhead, Executive Chairman Raymond Wolfson, Chief Executive	0113 322 2200
WH Ireland Limited
Katy Mitchell	0161 832 2174
Walbrook PR
Ben Knowles / Helen Westaway	020 7933 8780

 

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