Appointment of Chief Operating Officer

RNS Number : 0903T
Nanoco Group PLC
01 October 2014
 



For immediate release

1 October 2014

 

 

NANOCO GROUP PLC

("Nanoco" or "the Company")

 

Appointment of Chief Operating Officer

 

Nanoco Group plc (AIM: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, announces the appointment of Keith Wiggins in the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. Keith joins the Company, and Nanoco's Board, with immediate effect.

 

Keith is a highly experienced chemicals industry executive. He began his career with ICI, working in R&D and manufacturing, before joining The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") in 1989 as a sales manager in its London office. He went on to lead progressively bigger and more complex specialty chemical businesses around the world. He lived in Switzerland and the USA before returning to the UK in 2006 as Managing Director Dow UK, Ireland & Nordic. He held this position until 2013 and, from 2006 to 2011, he was concurrently CEO-Global Business Director of Haltermann, a specialty chemicals subsidiary of Dow.

 

Keith, who graduated in chemistry at Imperial College, London, is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has held a number of industry offices including President of the Chemical Industries Association between 2011 and 2013.

 

Keith will be based at Nanoco's headquarters in Manchester and will be responsible for the operational management of the Company including key customer relationships and a focus on building Nanoco's other strategic businesses in LED lighting, solar and bio-imaging.

 

 

Michael Edelman, Nanoco's Chief Executive Officer, said: "I'm delighted to welcome Keith Wiggins to Nanoco, and to Nanoco's Board, as Chief Operating Officer. Keith is a highly experienced industry executive with an excellent track record gained at Dow. His appointment reflects the significant progress being made at Nanoco and the Board's commitment to managing the Company's growth successfully."

 

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. Keith Alan Wiggins, age 50 years, has been a director of the following companies during the five years preceding the date of this announcement:                         

Current directorships

Past directorships



Wyfold Limited

Chemoxy International Limited

Rohm and Haas Europe Trading APS

Dow Agrosciences Limited


Dow Chemical Company Limited


Dow Limited


Dow Trent Limited


Dow UK Limited


Dow UK Pension Trustees Limited


Haltermann Pension Trustees Limited


Chemical Industries Association Limited


Hyperlast Limited


Xitrack Limited


Styron UK Limited


Dow Services Trustees UK Limited


Rohm and Haas (Scotland) Limited


Rohm and Haas (UK) Holdings Limited


Rohm and Haas (UK) Limited


Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Europe  Ltd


Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials Holdings (UK) Ltd


Rohm and Haas UK Investment Limited


Ascot Group Pension Trustee Limited


Dow (Wilton) Limited


Dowchemco Pension Trust Limited


Autothane Limited


Hypertec Print Services Ltd


ALH Rail Coatings Limited


Edulan U.K. Limited

 

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

For further information please contact:

Nanoco

+ 44 (0) 161 603 7900

Michael Edelman, Chief Executive Officer


Colin White, Chief Financial Officer

 


Canaccord Genuity - Nomad and Joint Broker

+44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Simon Bridges


Cameron Duncan

 


Liberum Capital - Joint Broker

+44 (0) 20 3100 2000

Simon Atkinson


Richard Bootle

 


Buchanan

+ 44 (0) 20 7466 5000

Mark Court / Fiona Henson / Sophie Cowles


 

 

Notes for editors:

 

About Nanoco Group plc

Nanoco is a world leader in the development and production of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nano-materials for use in multiple applications including LCD displays, lighting, solar cells and bio-imaging. In the display market, it has an exclusive manufacturing and marketing licensing agreement with The Dow Chemical Company.

 

Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Manchester, UK. It has production facilities in Runcorn, UK, and a US subsidiary, Nanoco Inc, based in Concord, MA. Nanoco also has business development offices in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Its technology is protected worldwide by a large and growing patent estate.

 

Nanoco began trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2009 under the ticker symbol NANO. For further information please visit: www.nanocogroup.com.


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