Appointment of non-executive directors
The Board of Impax Environmental Markets plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce that it has appointed Julia Le Blan and William Rickett as non-executive directors of the Company with effect from 27 January 2011.
Julia Le Blan
Mrs Le Blan is a chartered accountant and has worked in the financial services industry for over 30 years. She retired from Deloitte in 2009, where she had been a Tax Partner since 1990. During that time, she acted as tax adviser to international financial institutions, including clients in banking, securities and fund management and she led the mergers and acquisitions function for financial services tax. She was also the firm's expert on the taxation of investment trust companies.
Mrs Le Blan is also a non-executive director of Investors Capital Trust plc. There are no other matters to disclose in respect of Mrs Le Blan in accordance with paragraph 9.6.13R of the FSA's Listing Rules.
William Rickett
William Rickett, C.B was Director General, Energy in the Department of Energy & Climate Change until October 2009. He had previously been a Director General in the Department for Transport and in the Cabinet Office. He started his civil service career in the Department of Energy in 1975 and, among other things, led the team privatising the electricity industry from 1987 to 1990. He was Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1981 to 1983 and also spent two periods on secondment to the private sector. He is now Senior Adviser to Cambridge Economic Policy Associates Ltd and a Director of the National Renewable Energy Centre Ltd and of Eggborough Power Ltd.
There are no matters to disclose in respect of Mr Rickett in accordance with paragraph 9.6.13R of the FSA's Listing Rules.
Enquiries:
Anthony Lee
Cavendish Administration Limited
+44 (0)20 7490 4355
28 January 2011