Director Appointment

RNS Number : 7539Y

Helios Underwriting Plc

08 December 2017

 

8 December 2017

Helios Underwriting plc

("Helios" or the "Company")

Director Appointment

Helios (AIM: HUW) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new non-executive director. With effect from 1 January 2018, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, Duke of Norfolk, aged 61, will join the board as a non-executive director.

Edward Fitzalan-Howard was educated at Oxford and in 1979 he set up an energy company, Sigas, which he sold in 1988 before starting Parkwood, a waste management business which he sold to Viridor in 2002. Since then his main focus has been the building up of his family estates. He has previously been a Member of Lloyds.

Edward Fitzalan-Howard currently holds, 333,333 Ordinary Shares in the Company.

Current directorships	Former directorships (last 5 years)
Arundel Castle Enterprises Limited	Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
Arundel Castle Stables Limited	Smithy Wood Business Parks Development LLP
Arundel Castle Trustees Limited
Arundel Services Limited
Fitzalan Estates Limited
Norfolk Estate Farms Limited
Norfolk Trustees Limited
Oxis Energy Limited
The Guaranteed Investment Property Company plc

Save as disclosed, there are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further information please contact:

Helios Underwriting plc

Nigel Hanbury - Chief Executive                                                              020 7863 6655 / [e-mail]

Arthur Manners - Chief Financial Officer                                              07754 965 917

Stockdale Securities Limited

Robert Finlay                                                                                                    020 7601 6100

About Helios

Helios provides a limited liability direct investment into the Lloyd's insurance market and is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market (ticker: HUW). Helios trades within the Lloyd's insurance market writing approximately £40m of capacity for the 2018 account. The portfolio provides a good spread of business being concentrated in property insurance and reinsurance. For further information please visit www.huwplc.com.

 

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