Directorate Change

RNS Number : 9952K

Proteome Sciences PLC

01 July 2014

 



PRESS RELEASE

Proteome Sciences plc

("Proteome Sciences" or the "Company")

Appointment of Roger McDowell as Non-Executive Director

1^st July, 2014 Proteome Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Steven McDowell to the Board of the Company as a non-executive Director with immediate effect.

Roger McDowell has a highly successful career as a businessman and entrepreneur. He was Managing Director of Oliver Ashworth for eighteen years before its sale to St. Gobain. He is currently the Chairman or a non-executive director of seven listed companies, namely Avingtrans plc, Servelec Group plc, Renovo plc, Alkane Energy plc, Swallowfield plc, IS Solutions plc and Augean plc. He brings considerable commercial experience with him and is a keen exponent of growing shareholder value.

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. Roger Steven McDowell, age 60 years, is or has been a director of the following companies during the five years preceding the date of this announcement:

Current directorships                  Past directorships

Corsair Techinvest Ltd                   One Advice Group plc

Fineguard Ltd                                 Ultimate Finance Group plc

Augean plc

Disperse Ltd

Dovehoco 201 Ltd

Avingtrans plc

IS Solutions plc

Swallowfield plc

Alkane Energy plc

Renovo plc

Servelec Group plc

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

At the AGM, held on 30 June 2014, it was announced that Steve Harris, the Chairman, was proposing to retire and he has now formally stepped down as a director.

The Board of Proteome Sciences would like to thank him for the considerable contribution and support that he has provided to the Company over the last 20 years, a period in which the Company's outstanding biomarker research has been converted into products, services and commercial revenue. We wish him a long and enjoyable retirement.

The CEO, Christopher Pearce, has been appointed Executive Chairman. Dr. Ian Pike remains the Chief Operating Officer.

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For further information please contact:

Proteome Sciences plc
Christopher Pearce, Chief Executive Officer	Tel: [phone]
Dr. Ian Pike, Chief Operating Officer James Malthouse, Finance Director
Nominated Adviser
Cenkos
Stephen Keys/Callum Davidson	Tel: [phone]
Public Relations
IKON Associates
Adrian Shaw
Tel: [phone]

 

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