Directorate Appointment and Board Change

RNS Number : 4872N

Hargreaves Services PLC

02 September 2011

 



For immediate release

2 September 2011

Hargreaves Services plc

("Hargreaves", "the Company" or "the Group")

Directorate Appointment and Board Change

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), the UK's leading supplier of solid fuels and bulk material logistics, is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Gillatt to the Board as a Non-executive Director.

Mr Gillatt (51), a Chartered Mining Engineer, has over 30 years of experience in the waste, recycling, mining and aggregate industries, including the role of Chief Operating Officer of SITA's £600m UK waste treatment and re-cycling business and senior roles at Tarmac, Lafarge and British Coal. Peter is Group Managing Director of the family owned Longcliffe Group Limited, the UK's largest producer of high purity calcium carbonates and is currently a director of a number of private companies in the waste treatment and re-cycling sector.

We are also pleased to announce the appointment of Nigel Barraclough to a senior executive role within the Group with effect from 3 October. Mr Barraclough (46) is currently a Non-executive Director of the Company and as a result of this important appointment will be stepping down from the Board of Directors at the end of September.

Commenting on the appointment of Peter Gillatt as a new non-executive director Chairman of Hargreaves, Tim Ross said:

"We are all delighted to welcome Peter to the Board of Directors. His extensive experience in the waste, re-cycling and renewable sectors will be of immense use to us as we continue to develop the Group. At the same time I would like to thank Nigel for his contribution to the Board and we look forward to working closely with him in his new role."

Mr Peter John Gillatt is a director of the following companies:

Vital Earth Group Limited

Longcliffe Group Limited

Vital Earth GB Limited

Vital Earth (Sutton) Limited

Central Technology UK Limited

Transcycle Limited

Vital Earth Limited

Mr Gillatt has also held the following directorships within the last 5 years:

Renewable Energy Technologies plc

New Earth Solutions (Bristol) Limited

NES (Leicestershire) Limited

New Earth Solutions (Leicestershire) Limited

NES (Bristol) Limited

New Earth Solutions (Kent) Limited

NES (Kent) Limited

NES (Canford) Limited

New Earth Solutions (Canford) Limited

New Earth Solutions Limited

New Earth Solutions Facilities Management Limited

Sita Trust Limited

Dorset Waste Management Limited

Lidsey Landfill Limited

Sita UK Limited

Sita Surrey Limited

Londonwaste Limited

Shropshire Waste Management Limited

Sita (Kirklees) Limited

Sita Tees Valley Limited

Sita (Lancashire) Limited

Talig Limited

New Earth Solutions Group Limited

There are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further details, please contact:

Hargreaves Services plc	0191 373 4485
Gordon Banham, CEO
Ian Cockburn, Finance Director
Buchanan	0207 466 5000
Tim Anderson
James Strong
Catherine Breen
Brewin Dolphin	0845 213 1000
Matt Davis
Nick Owen
RBS Hoare Govett Limited	0207 678 8000
Stephen Bowler

 

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