Last checked at 11 May 2020 07:00
For immediate release | 11th May 2020 |
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Group")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Gooch & Housego PLC (AIM: GHH), the specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems, is pleased to announce that Louise Evans has been appointed to the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director, and Chair of the Audit Committee, with effect from 11th May 2020.
Louise brings extensive experience from her strategic leadership roles in both listed and privately owned technical engineering groups. She has substantial expertise in the areas of financial management and M&A as well as the implementation of internal control and risk management frameworks.
Louise is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of AIM-quoted AB Dynamics plc and a Board advisor to low carbon commodity broker SCB Group.
Louise was Group Finance Director of Braemar Shipping Services plc from 2015 to 2018 and previously Group Financial Director of Williams Grand Prix Holdings plc. Louise is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
Gary Bullard, Chairman of G&H, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Louise to the Board. She has significant experience at Board level in listed and international businesses. Going forwards, I am sure she will make a valuable contribution to the continuing growth of the Group."
For further information contact: -
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Mark Webster/Chris Jewell | Gooch & Housego PLC | 01460 256440 |
Mark Court /Charlotte Slater | Buchanan | 020 7466 5000 |
Chris Baird/ Patrick Robb/ David Anderson | Investec Bank plc | 020 7597 5970 |
Louise Margaret Evans (aged 46 years) currently holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:
Current Directorships or Partnerships | Past Directorships or Partnerships |
AB Dynamics plc | A.C.M. Shipping Services Limited |
| ACM Sale & Purchase Limited |
| ACM Shipping CIS Limited |
| ACM Shipping EBT Limited |
| ACM Shipping USA Limited |
| ACM Tankers Limited |
| Alchemy Trading Company Limited |
| Asian Energy Services Pte Ltd |
| Braemar ACM Group Limited |
| Braemar ACM Shipbroking (Dry Cargo) Limited |
| Braemar ACM Shipbroking (USA) Inc. |
| Braemar ACM Shipbroking Group Limited |
| Braemar ACM Shipbroking Limited |
| Braemar ACM Shipbroking Pte Limited |
| Braemar ACM Shipbroking Pty Limited |
| Braemar ACM Valuations Limited |
| Braemar Atlantic Securities Holdings Limited |
| Braemar Atlantic Securities Limited |
| Braemar Burness Maritime Limited |
| Braemar Chartering Limited |
| Braemar Container Shipping and Chartering Limited |
| Braemar Developments Limited |
| Braemar Financial Holdings Germany GmbH |
| Braemar Financial Holdings Limited |
| Braemar Futures Limited |
| Braemar Holdings (USA) Inc |
| Braemar Howells Consultancy Limited |
| Braemar Marine Limited |
| Braemar Maritime Limited |
| Braemar Naves Corporate Finance GmbH |
| Braemar Naves Corporate Finance Limited |
| Braemar Response Limited |
| Braemar Seascope (Beijing) Limited |
| Braemar Seascope Shipping Limited |
| Braemar Seascope Technical Services Limited |
| Braemar Shipbrokers Limited |
| Braemar Shipping Services plc |
| Braemar Tankers Limited |
| Braemar Technical Services (Adjusting) Limited |
| Braemar Technical Services (Adjusting) Pte Ltd |
| Braemar Technical Services (Engineering) Inc |
| Braemar Technical Services (Engineering) Limited |
| Braemar Technical Services (Offshore) Pte Limited |
| Braemar Technical Services (USA) Inc |
| Braemar Technical Services Holdings Limited |
| Braemar Technical Services Inc |
| Braemar Technical Services Limited |
| Braemar Technical Services Pte Ltd |
| BS Energy Services Limited |
| BTS (Offshore) Pte Ltd (Nevis) |
| Burness Marine (Gas) Limited |
| Burness Marine (Tankers) Limited |
| Cagnoil Limited |
| CB (Newcastle) Ltd |
| Cory Brothers (USA) Inc |
| Cory Brothers Shipping Agencies (S) Pte Ltd |
| Cory Brothers Shipping Agency Limited |
| Cory Logistics Limited |
| Fred Olsen Freight Limited |
| Freight Action Limited |
| GFL (UK) Limited |
| Gorman Cory Shipping Agency Limited |
| Lawrence Holt & Company Limited |
| Lemstock Limited |
| London Central Cruise Moorings Limited |
| Morrison Shipping Agency Limited |
| Morrison Shipping Limited |
| Morrison Tours Limited |
| Morrison Tours Logistics Limited |
| Orca Shipping Limited |
| Persona Logistics Services Limited |
| Planetwide Group Limited |
| Planetwide Limited |
| Portabella Limited |
| Red Dragon Line Limited |
| Seascope Capital Services Limited |
| Seascope Projects Limited |
| Seascope Sale & Purchase Limited |
| Seascope Shipping Investments Limited |
| Seascope Shipping Limited |
| Seascope Shipping Services Limited |
| ShipTrak Limited |
| South African Liner Services Limited |
| Wavespec (North East) Limited The Infertility Network (UK) |
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There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Louise Evans.
Notes to editors
Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset, UK with operations in the USA and Europe. A world leader in its field, the company researches, designs, engineers and manufactures advanced photonic systems, components and instrumentation for applications in the Aerospace & Defence, Industrial, Life Sciences and Scientific Research sectors. World leading design, development and manufacturing expertise is offered across a broad range of complementary technologies.