Directorate Change

RNS Number : 6399I

Plant Health Care PLC

27 March 2015

 

[27 March 2015] 

Plant Health Care plc

("Plant Health Care" or "the Company")

Plant Health Care Announces Board Changes

Plant Health Care plc, ("PHC"), a leading provider of novel patent-protected biological products to global agriculture markets, is pleased to announce several changes to its Board.   

Dr. Christopher Richards, formerly Non-Executive Chairman of PHC, will become Executive Chairman with effect from 1 April 2015.  Dr. Richards will lend support to the management team in developing strategy and in investor relations as the Company pursues new growth opportunities.

 

The Company is also pleased to welcome William ("Bill") M. Lewis, who will join the Company as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 April 2015.  Mr. Lewis, 54, is currently President and CEO of Summit Agro USA, LLC, an agro chemical joint venture between Sumitomo Corporation and ISK Biosciences.  Between 2006 and 2013, Mr. Lewis held senior roles within Arysta LifeScience, having previously worked at Syngenta Crop Protection (2000 - 2005) and held international roles at Zeneca/ICI (1984 - 2000).  Mr. Lewis is also currently a Director of Four L's Enterprises Inc. and Four L's Real Estate Holding Company LLC.

Also, as previously announced, Dr. Richard H. Webb, formerly a Non-Executive Director, became an Executive Director of Plant Health Care plc as of 1 January 2015.  Dr. Webb is now responsible for supporting our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Zhongmin Wei, as the company continues to expand its research and development programme. Dr. Webb will step down from the Audit Committee after the firm's annual general meeting and is being replaced by James Ede-Golightly, who joined the Audit Committee on 16 January 2015.

Dr. Christopher Richards, Chairman commented:  "On behalf of the entire Board, I would like to extend a warm welcome to Bill Lewis as Plant Health Care's new Non-Executive Director.  Bill is an experienced executive who, throughout his career, has an outstanding track record in building successful businesses, both in North America and globally.   A proven leader, Bill will bring with him a wealth of commercial experience from which the Company will benefit.

"With the new composition and responsibilities of the Board established, I am looking forward to working with Paul Schmidt and the rest of the management team both to ramp up sales of our current portfolio of products and to secure licences for our Innatus^TM 3G peptide platform.  Plant Health Care is positioned with the right people and technology to become the global leader in agricultural biostimulants."  

There is no other information to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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For further information, please contact:

Plant Health Care plc

Paul Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer                              Tel: [phone]

Liberum Capital Limited (NOMAD)

Clayton Bush                                                                 Tel: [phone]

LHA

Ed McGregor/Jody Burfening                                           Tel: [phone]

About Plant Health Care plc: Plant Health Care plc ("Plant Health Care") is a leading provider of patent-protected biological products aimed at the agriculture industry that are environmentally beneficial.  Through the commercialisation of these products, Plant Health Care is capitalising on current long-term trends towards natural systems and biological products for plant care and soil and water management. 

 

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