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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 JULY 2019
This announcement contains inside information that qualified, or may have qualified, as inside information for the purposes of Article 17 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR). For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made by Sarah Ellard, Company Secretary, for Chemring Group PLC.
CHEMRING GROUP PLC ("Chemring", the "Group" or the "Company")
APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chemring today announces the appointment of Laurie Bowen as a non-executive director. She will join the Board on 1 August 2019.
Laurie is an experienced non-executive director, with broad technology and engineering experience and a strong track record of driving growth in complex international businesses. American by birth, she has over 30 years of leadership experience at large multinational telecommunications and technology companies including Cable & Wireless Communications plc, Tata Communications, BT Group plc and IBM.
Most recently she was Chief Executive of Telecom Italia Sparkle in the Americas, a subsidiary of the €1.3billion international wholesale arm of Telecom Italia.
She is currently a non-executive director at Ricardo plc, the FTSE-listed technology, product innovation and engineering consultancy, and was previously a non-executive director at customer experience technology provider, Transcom Worldwide AB.
Laurie has an MBA, a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Carl-Peter Forster, Chairman of Chemring, commented: "I am delighted to welcome Laurie to Chemring. She brings significant experience within the technology and engineering sectors, and a valuable understanding of operating within the US market. I am confident that she will make a strong contribution to the continued development and performance of the Group."
There are no further disclosures required to be made in accordance with LR 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
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For further information:
Rupert Pittman Group Director of Corporate Affairs, 01794 833901
Chemring Group PLC
Andrew Jaques MHP Communications 020 3128 8100
Notes to editors
·; Chemring is a global business that specialises in the manufacture of high technology products and the provision of services to the aerospace, defence and security markets
·; Employing approximately 2,500 people worldwide, and with production facilities in four countries, Chemring meets the needs of customers in more than fifty countries
·; Chemring is now organised under two strategic product segments: Sensors & Information and Countermeasures & Energetics
·; Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that deliver high reliability solutions to protect people, platforms, missions and information against constantly changing threats
·; Operating in niche markets and with strong investment in research and development ("R&D"), Chemring has the agility to rapidly react to urgent customer needs
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