Board Changes

RNS Number : 7344N

Hargreaves Services PLC

11 May 2018

 

 11 May 2018

Hargreaves Services plc

(the "Company" or the "Group")

Board Changes

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), a diversified group delivering key projects and services to the industrial, energy and property sectors, is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger McDowell as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

Roger brings a wealth of experience as a highly successful businessman and entrepreneur, with a strong record of driving shareholder value and serving on the boards of public companies. He was Managing Director of Oliver Ashworth for eighteen years before its sale to St. Gobain. He is currently serving as Non-Executive Chairman of Avingtrans plc and is also a Non-Executive Director of Augean plc, Tribal Group plc, Proteome Sciences plc, Swallowfield plc, ThinkSmart plc and D4t4 Solutions plc.

David Morgan, who has served as a Director since 24 February 2012 and as Chairman since 7 October 2015, has informed the Company of his intention to step down from the Board following the Group's preliminary results for the year ending 31 May 2018 which will be announced on 1 August 2018. He will be succeeded as Chairman by Roger McDowell. David has chaired the Company through a number of challenging events over the last few years and leaves the Group in a strong position to generate future shareholder value.

For further details: 

Hargreaves Services plc Gordon Banham, Chief Executive Officer John Samuel, Group Finance Director	0191 373 4485
Buchanan (Financial PR) Mark Court/Sophie Wills/Henry Wilson	0207 466 5000
N+1 Singer (Nomad and Joint Corporate Broker) Sandy Fraser/Rachel Hayes	0207 496 3000
Investec (Joint Corporate Broker) Sara Hale	0207 597 4000

Regulatory disclosures

In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, Roger Steven McDowell (aged 62) holds or has held in the past 5 years the following directorships and partnerships: 

Current	Past five years
Augean plc	Corsair Techinvest Ltd
ThinkSmart plc	Augean plc
Tribal Group plc	Renovo plc / Inspired Capita plc
Proteome Sciences plc	Alkane Energy plc
Swallowfield plc	Premier Technical Services Group plc
D4t4 Solutions plc	Ultimate Finance Group plc
Avingtrans plc	Servelec plc
Dovehoco 201 ltd	Fineguard Ltd
Disperse Ltd

Save for the disclosures above, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules in respect of Roger McDowell.

 

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