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Appointment of New Non-Executive Director
Appointment of New Non-Executive Director.
About this update from Active Energy Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5381V Active Energy Group PLC 10 August 2015 \n\n10 August 2015\nActive Energy Group Plc\n(\"Active Energy Group\" or the \"Group\" or the \"Company\" or \"AEG\")\nAppointment of New Non-Executive Director\n \nActive Energy Group Plc (AIM: AEG.L), the London Stock Exchange AIM-quoted international supplier of wood fibre products for MDF manufacturing and Biomass for Energy (BFE) power generation, global forestry and natural resources development services, and Biomass for Energy (BFE) fuel solutions and processing systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Rowan as a Non-Executive Director of the Group with immediate effect.\nMichael is a qualified solicitor, experienced investment manager and successful corporate financier with a broad range of international commercial and legal contractual experience.\nAfter graduating from Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge, he practised as a solicitor in the International Finance and Corporate Finance Departments at Linklaters in London, Hong Kong and New York, working with leading global financial institutions.\nHe then moved to Merrill Lynch International, based at their London and New York offices, where he was initially Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel of Equity Capital Markets, before being appointed Director/Co-Head of the Syndicate Desk, Equity Capital Markets, in which role he was responsible for origination, execution and commercial negotiation of equity and equity-linked transactions, including major privatisations in the UK and EMEA region.\nSince then he has held a number of senior roles within the Venture Capital, Mid Cap Broking and Asset Management sectors with Accelera Capital, Numis Securities and Charles Stanley Securities in London and Hong Kong; and was most recently Business Development Director and Investment Manager at JM Finn & Co, where his responsibilities included strategic advice and investment management for equities, bonds, collectives, small cap and alternative assets. \nHe was also a Non-Executive Director at Voiamo Group Plc, a global provider of advanced mobile data connectivity and communication solutions.\nHis current Board-level roles include Director and Partner at RD Active Capital Limited and Rowan & Associates Limited, private companies that specialise in inter...