Appointment of Non-Executive Director

RNS Number : 8396C

Wynnstay Group PLC

22 April 2013

 



AIM:WYN

Wynnstay Group plc

("Wynnstay" or "the Company")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Wynnstay, the agricultural and retail group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Philip Michael Kirkham as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

Philip has over 30 years' experience in UK agriculture and is Managing Director of M & R Kirkham & Sons Ltd, a mixed farming business based in Solihull whose expansion he has driven since 1980. He is also a Director of Meadow Quality Ltd, a multi-species livestock marketing business, and since 2002 has been non-executive chairman of National Milk Records plc, the leading UK supplier of milk recording services, which also provides payment and quality testing for all major UK milk buyers as well as herd health testing services. 

Philip has travelled widely investigating livestock farming and new agricultural technology and has worked with leading organisations within the UK livestock sector. He has been a Director of a number of other agricultural businesses and has been past chairman of East Midlands NFU Milk Committee and the British Cattle Breeders Club among other farming organisations. He is currently on the employers' committee of the Milk Pension Fund Trustees Limited.

Save as set out in this announcement there are no further matters to be disclosed under Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Gareth Owen, non-executive Chairman of Wynnstay Group, said,

 "We are very pleased to welcome Philip to the Board.  His agricultural knowledge and corporate experience will be an asset to the Board and I am sure that we will benefit from his comprehensive understanding of the UK agricultural industry".

Enquiries:

Wynnstay Group plc	Ken Greetham, Chief Executive Paul Roberts, Finance Director	T: 01691 828512
Biddicks	Katie Tzouliadis / Alex Shilov	T: 020 3178 6378
Shore Capital (Nomad and Broker)	Stephane Auton / Patrick Castle	T: 020 7408 4090

Additional Information:

Philip Kirkham, aged 55 years, is currently a director of the following companies:

M. & R. Kirkham & Sons Limited;

National Milk Records PLC;

Meadow Quality Limited; and

National Milk Records Trustee Company Limited.

In the last five years, he has also been a director of the following companies:

ABC (Stoke Prior) Limited.

 

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