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Directorate Change
Getech Group PLC announced several executive board appointments effective immediately. Chris Jepps was appointed permanent CEO, having served as interim CEO since January 2025. Simon Brown joined the board as CFO, having been appointed Finance Director in November 2024. Max Brouwers joined as an Executive Director, previously proposed as Chief Business Development Officer. The appointments are intended to strengthen the company's position following a turnaround plan focused on oil and gas clients and the hydrogen sector. Simon Brown, aged 46, holds 290,000 ordinary shares and 900,000 share options. Max Brouwers, aged 51, holds 503,180 ordinary shares and 900,000 share options. Disclaimer*
About this update from Getech Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n20 August 2025\n \n\n \n \nGetech Group PLC\n(\"Getech\" or the \"Company\")\nNew Executive Board\n \nGetech, a world-leading locator of subsurface resources, is pleased to announce the following changes to the composition of the Executive Board. Chris Jepps appointed Interim CEO in January 2025 becomes CEO on a permanent basis. Simon Brown, appointed Finance Director (a non-Board role) in November 2024, joins the Board as CFO. Max Brouwers, Chief Business Development Officer, who was proposed to join the Board, now does so as an Executive Director. All three appointments commence with immediate effect.\n \n \nMichael Covington, Chair of Getech, said:\n\n\"On behalf of the Board, I would like to congratulate all three on their well-deserved appointments. Each has deep understanding of, and alignment with, our business, our customers, and our operations and has delivered consistently for the Company and its stakeholders. Over the past six months, they have led the development and execution of a comprehensive turnaround plan, refocusing the business on its core oil and gas client base, streamlining the cost structure, and strengthening our leadership position in the evolving and potentially transformational global geological hydrogen sector. While early in the process, the Group is already in a significantly stronger position, benefiting from a more commercially aligned and focused team. These appointments reflect the Board's confidence in their leadership and mark the formation of a new executive team to drive the Company's future performance.\"\n \nAbout Chris Jepps\nChris has extensive energy industry, GIS and entrepreneurial experience. In his time as Technical Director at Exprodat he established the company's technical strategy and led its software design and development. Following Exprodat's acquisition by Getech in 2016, Chris joined as Products Director, becoming Group COO in February 2018.\nDuring his near 7 years as COO, Chris led the company's product strategy with the aim of growing software revenues from Getech's core and emerging markets. Some of his key achievements in this time include enhancing its oil and gas workflow products to meet the changing needs of the energy market, migrating Globe from its legacy delivery model to a modern cloud-based architecture that enabled the ...