Director Appointment

RNS Number : 2341X

Mincon Group Plc

17 February 2017

 

MINCON GROUP PLC

("Mincon" or the "Company")

Director Appointment

Mincon Group (ESM:MIO AIM:MCON), the Irish engineering group specialising in the design, manufacture, sale and servicing of rock drilling tools and associated products, announces the appointment of John Doris (age 69) as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect.

Mr. Doris has broad experience across a number of sectors including manufacturing, lending and corporate finance. He has been an independent consultant and a non-executive director for the past eighteen years and he has acted as Interim CFO for Mincon Group on a consultancy basis. Prior to becoming an independent consultant, he was a director of ABN Amro Corporate Finance (Ireland) Limited where he managed the successful Riada Business Expansion Funds. He has acted as Company Secretary of Mincon Group since January 2014 and a replacement will be appointed in the near future.

Mr. Doris graduated from University College Dublin with a B.Sc. in physics in 1969 and returned to U.C.D. to complete his M.B.A. in 1977. He qualified as an ACCA in 1974 and is a former president of ACCA Ireland

Padraig McManus, Chairman of Mincon Group, commented: "I am delighted to welcome John to the Board of Mincon. He knows the Group well and his commitment,  experience and expertise will be of great benefit to the Group as it continues to develop and grow.'

For further information, please contact:
Mincon Group plc
Joe Purcell, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: + 353 (61) 361 099
Davy Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser and ESM Adviser)
Anthony Farrell	Tel: [phone]
Daragh O'Reilly

Additional Information:

Mr John Doris holds no shares in Mincon Group, and, other than as set out below, there is no further information to be disclosed under schedule 2(g) and Rule 17 of the AIM and ESM Rules in respect of Mr. Doris's appointment as a Non-Executive Director.

Mr. Doris is, or has been, a director of the following companies during the previous five years:

Current Directorships	Past Directorships
Diamondwalk Limited	Abbeyfield Foods Limited
Jasbay Properties Limited	AZ Capital Management Limited
Meridian Business Advisors Limited	Prime Active Capital plc
Natures Best Holdings Limited	Spencer Dock International Convention Centre Limited
Quinn Insurance Limited (under administration)	Spencer Dock Convention Centre Dublin Limited
Treasury Holdings China Limited	Spencer Dock Convention Centre Dublin (No.2) Limited
Treasury Properties Limited

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