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Inspiration Healthcare Group plc

("Inspiration Healthcare" or the "Company")

Operational Appointments

Inspiration Healthcare Group plc (AIM: IHC), the global medical device company, is pleased to announce that it has made three key operational appointments in the UK as it continues a period of significant planned development:  

· Wei Yu - Head of R&D

Wei heads up the R&D department as the Company continues to invest in developing its own product lines. He is a certified project manager with 16-year experience in project management and R&D management in medical device industry. He has delivered more than 20 product development projects for a wide-range of medical devices in companies including Elekta, Olympus and Owen Mumford. Wei has a PhD in applied physics and worked at Sheffield and Cambridge universities for many years before moving into industry.

· Simon Travers - Head of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs

Simon is responsible for the ever more important regulatory and quality compliance aspects of the business and will ensure that all procedures and systems are up to date and adhered to. With a wealth of industry knowledge and experience in both In Vitro Diagnostics and Medical Devices gained over 20 years for large organisations including CR Bard, Agfa Healthcare and most recently Elekta, Simon will drive the regulatory strategy for our product development as well as manage our quality systems. He is also a Black Belt Six Sigma practitioner.

· Jonathan Ballard - Group Financial Controller

Jon is responsible for the Company's financial and management accounting and systems as well as taking responsibility for the statutory accounts and their reporting. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 15 years' UK and International exposure gained in both practice and industry across SME and Blue Chip organisations with experience in the medical device sector obtained whilst employed as General Accounting Manager for Bard Limited.  

Commenting, Neil Campbell, Chief Executive Officer of Inspiration Healthcare said:

"We are delighted to have recruited these three high calibre individuals with relevant medical device experience into our company. This strengthens our management team considerably and will allow us to grow the business during a period when we are investing in new product and market development."

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About Inspiration Healthcare

Inspiration Healthcare (AIM: IHC) is a global supplier of medical technology for critical care, operating theatre and other medical applications. The Company provides high quality innovative products to patients and caregivers around the world that help to improve patient outcomes and efficiencies of healthcare organisations with patient focused customer service and technical support.

The Company's own brand of critical care solutions span non-invasive respiratory management, thermoregulation and diagnostics, and patient warming for newborns through to adults in intensive care and the operating theatre, whilst the distribution business supplies solutions to support specialised surgical procedures and infusion therapies.

Present in over 50 countries worldwide, Inspiration Healthcare's success has been built on continuous innovation, excellent customer service and an inherent commitment to improving the quality of life of patients, working in close collaboration with key opinion leaders and stakeholders in the clinical and medical community across the globe.

Further information on Inspiration Healthcare can be seen at www.inspiration-healthcare.com