Business
Directorate Changes
Directorate Changes.
About this update from Total Graphite Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n \n7 March 2024\n \nTirupati Graphite plc\n('Tirupati', 'TG' or the 'Company')\n \nDirectorate Changes\n \n \nTirupati Graphite plc (TGR.L, TGRHF.OTCQX), the specialist flake graphite company and supplier of the critical mineral for the global energy transition, announces that, as part of an ongoing process to freshen and strengthen its Board of Directors, the following changes are being implemented:\n \n● Ms Puruvi Poddar and Mr Alastair Bath will join the Board in executive roles.\n● Mr Murat Erden has resigned as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect due to personal reasons however, shall continue as a Senior Advisor to the Board.\n● The establishment of an advisory board of which Mr Erden will be the inaugural member.\n● Search has commenced for two Non-executive Directors to join the Board with one appointment having experience of the mineral processing industry, to progress Corporate Governance reforms.\n● Search has commenced to appoint a Chief Financial Officer, preferably located in the UK, and discussions are currently ongoing with London based candidates.\n \nMs Puruvi Poddar, Chief of Corporate & Business Development, has been appointed to the Board as Joint Managing Director with immediate effect.\n \nA Material Science Engineer having graduated from the University of Manchester, Puruvi joined the Company on 1 August 2018 and has since achieved the position of Chief of Corporate & Business Development. Over the years, she has been a valuable executive for the Company contributing to an array of activities including but not limited to marketing and sales of the Company's products, corporate activities including being a co-author of the Company's listing prospectus, annual reports and detailed feasibility studies, the author of the Company's maiden Sustainability Report, co-managing the operations of the Company's projects in Madagascar, and in general managing the affairs of the business of the Company and its development. Puruvi has acquired a deep understanding of graphite and its markets, its applications and customer expectations which is a key area for the Company's success. She also manages the Compa...