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Board Appointment
Board Appointment.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 2051N Plexus Holdings Plc 08 June 2010 \n \n\nPlexus Holdings PLC / Index: AIM / Epic: POS / Sector: Oil equipment & services\n8 June 2010\nPlexus Holdings PLC ('Plexus' or 'the Company')\nBoard Appointment\n \nPlexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoff Thompson as a Non-Executive Director to the Board with immediate effect. \n \nGeoff Thompson has nearly 35 years' experience in the international oil and gas arena as a consultant, specialising in the field of wellhead equipment including high pressure high temperature ('HP-HT') wells. For the past 29 years Geoff has been contracted as an independent consultant and specialises in advising international operators and oil service companies on well equipment and all mechanical aspects of well design and technology. This includes advising on surface wellheads and xmas trees; mudline suspension systems; Oil Country Tubular Goods (casings, tubings, liners, connectors), subsea wellheads, and casing tieback systems for both mudline suspension and subsea wellhead systems.\n \nImportantly Geoff has an established relationship with Plexus having previously worked on an independent basis with the Company on wellhead equipment design and technical support.\n \nPlexus' CEO Ben Van Bilderbeek said, \"Geoff's wealth of experience within the international oil and gas arena, particularly in the field of HP/HT technology, will undoubtedly help raise Plexus' profile as we reach a pivotal stage in our development towards POS-GRIP wellhead technology becoming a new industry standard for wellhead design. With recent events highlighting the need for safer operating practices within the oil and gas industry, I believe the time is right to raise the awareness of our technology, as a new method of engineering, with the potential to provide unconventional solutions for unconventional applications. In this vein, Plexus is campaigning to have friction-grip technology more widely recognised by international regulators and standards agencies as an alternative to conventional technologies. \n \n\"Geoff will spearhead this effort as a non-execut...