Directorate Change

RNS Number : 5103A

Mincon Group Plc

23 December 2014

 

23 December 2014

MINCON GROUP PLC

("Mincon" or the "Company")

Directorate Change

Mincon (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 Rose Hynes (age 57) as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Ms Hynes has also assumed the position of Senior Independent Director of the Board.

Ms Hynes is a highly experienced non-executive director, having served on the boards of companies in a diverse range of industries over her career. She currently serves as Chairman of Shannon Group plc and Ervia (formerly Bord Gais éireann), and also holds the position of senior independent non-executive director in Total Produce plc and One Fifty One plc. Ms. Hynes previously held a number of senior executive positions with GPA Group plc and is a former board member of Fyffes plc, Aer Lingus Group plc and Bank of Ireland.

A lawyer by profession, Ms Hynes is a law graduate of University College Dublin and is also an Associate of the Irish Institute of Taxation and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Padraig McManus, Chairman of Mincon, commented: "Rose's vast experience and expertise will make a valuable contribution to the Board of Mincon and I look forward to working with her in her capacity as Senior Independent Director."

For further information, please contact:
Mincon Group plc
Kevin Barry, Chief Executive Officer Brian Lenihan, Chief Financial Officer	Tel: + 353 (61) 361 099
Davy Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser and ESM Adviser)
Eugenée Mulhern	Tel: [phone]
Daragh O'Reilly
Q4 Public Relations (PR Advisers)	Tel: [phone]
Gerry O'Sullivan

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Ms Hynes holds no shares in Mincon, 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 Ms Hynes' appointment as a Non-Executive Director.

Ms Hynes is, or has been, a director of the following companies during the previous five years:

Current Directorships:		Previous Directorships:
Aviateur Capital Limited		Aer Lingus Group plc
Blade Leasing Ireland Limited		AerCo Limited
Ervia		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 1 Limited
One Fifty One plc		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 10 Limited
Shannon Group plc		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 11 Limited
The University of Limerick Foundation		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 12 Limited
Total Produce plc		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 13 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 14 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 15 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 16 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 17 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 18 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 18 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 2 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 3 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 4 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 5 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 6 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 7 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 8 Limited
		Airspeed Ireland Leasing 9 Limited
		Alfred Leasing Limited
		ARX Capital Limited
		Astra Worldwide International Leasing Ltd
		Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank
		Beechwood Consultancy Services Limited
		Chasseral Aircraft Leasing Limited
		Chasseron Aircraft Leasing Limited
		Concern
		Debis AirFinance Ireland plc
		Fyffes plc
		Giulietta Aircraft Leasing Limited
		Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
		GPA-ATR Limited
		Irish Water
		Northern Ireland Water Limited
		Seven Air Leasing Limited
		Shannon Airport Authority plc
		Shannon Development
		Shannon Heritage Limited
		VGS Aircraft Holdings (Ireland) Limited

ENDS

 

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