Ceres Power Regulatory News (CWR)

2 Jan 2008 07:00

Ceres Power Holdings plc02 January 2008 Ceres Power Holdings plc('Ceres', 'Ceres Power' or the 'Company') Further to the announcement made on 6 November 2007 that Brian Count would beappointed to the position of Non Executive Chairman of Ceres Power, the Companycan now confirm that the appointment has been made and was effective from 1January 2008. For further information contact: Matt Stride, Company Secretary +44 (0) 1293 400 404 Notes to Editor Brian Count Brian had a distinguished career in the CEGB and National Power, rising tobecome Chief Executive Officer of Innogy plc. He built substantial shareholdervalue at Innogy plc through its transformation from a generation company to anintegrated business, prior to its acquisition by RWE in 2003. He was latterly the Chief Executive Officer of RWE Trading, based in Essen,Germany until he retired from RWE in June 2005. In this role he transformed theinternational energy trading business, to become a commercial hub of the RWEgroup, in which asset values were optimised. Brian read mathematics at Kings College, Cambridge and received a doctorate inphysics from Exeter University. He is currently a non-executive director of Eskom, the state owned electricitycompany in South Africa, Chairman of Progressive Energy, a company that isworking with Centrica to develop a clean coal fired power station in the UK andis also a member of the UK government's Industrial Development Advisory Board.He has extensive experience of international energy utilities and has beeninvolved with governments and regulatory matters both in the UK and throughoutEurope. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange