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Appointment of an Independent NED
Appointment of an Independent NED.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9770R Porvair PLC 28 September 2017 \n\nFor immediate release 28 September 2017\n \n \n \nAppointment of an Independent Non-Executive Director\nPorvair plc (\"Porvair\"), the specialist filtration and environmental technology group, today announces the appointment of a new Non-Executive Director.\nThe Board is pleased to announce the appointment of John Nicholas as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2017. John will join the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee of Porvair. John will become Chairman of the Board at the AGM in April 2018 at which time Charles Matthews, the current Chairman, will retire from the Board.\nJohn is an experienced Non-Executive Director with broad experience in manufacturing and service industries. He is currently Chairman of Diploma PLC, Senior Non-Executive Director of Mondi plc and Non-Executive and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Hunting plc. He was previously Senior Non-Executive Director of Rotork plc and Ceres Power Holdings plc.\nHe was Group Finance Director of Tate & Lyle plc from 2006 to 2008 and prior to that Group Finance Director of Kidde plc from its demerger from Williams plc in 2000 until its acquisition by United Technologies in 2005.\nJohn was a member of the UK Financial Reporting Review Panel for six years until April 2015. He holds an MBA from Kingston University and is a Chartered Certified Accountant.\nPorvair confirms that there are no further matters to be disclosed pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.\n \n \nFor further information, please contact:\n \n\n\n\n\nPorvair plc\n\n\n01553 765 500\n\n\n\n\nBen Stocks, Chief Executive\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Tyler, Group Finance Director\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuchanan Communications\n\n\n0207 466...