3 Jun 2025 07:00
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 JUNE 2025
CHEMRING GROUP PLC ("Chemring", the "Group" or the "Company")
DIRECTORATE CHANGE
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APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Chemring today announces the appointment of Pete Raby as an independent non-executive director. He will join the Board on 1 September 2025.
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Pete has a strong technical background and extensive experience in planning and executing business strategy across global technology and manufacturing operations.
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Pete is currently CEO of Morgan Advanced Materials plc ("Morgan"), the FTSE-250 listed global manufacturer of advanced carbon and ceramic materials with 60 operating sites serving a diverse range of customers across a range of end-markets and employing approximately 8,600 people worldwide. He is highly-regarded for having driven considerable transformation and operational improvement at Morgan over a sustained period. Pete has been in this role for ten years and is due to retire on 1 July 2025.
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Before joining Morgan, Pete was President of the Communications and Connectivity sector of Cobham plc. Pete demonstrated strong leadership across a range of senior strategy, technology and operational positions at Cobham over a nine-year period. Prior to Cobham, Pete was a partner at McKinsey & Company in London, specialising in strategy and operations in the aerospace, defence and power and gas sectors.
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Pete has a PhD in Satellite Navigation and a Master's degree in Engineering, both from Leeds University.
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Pete is a Non-Executive Director of Hill & Smith plc. Upon joining the Board, Pete will become a member of the Audit, Nomination and Remuneration committees.
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Tony Wood, Chairman of Chemring, commented: "Following an extensive selection process, I am delighted to welcome Pete to Chemring. He brings considerable experience, combining a strong technical and strategy background with significant business leadership experience of global manufacturing and engineering businesses. I am confident that he will make a strong contribution to the continued development and performance of the Company."
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There are no further disclosures required to be made in accordance with UKLR 6.4.8 of the FCA's UK Listing Rules sourcebook.
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For further information:
Rupert Pittman Group Director of Corporate Affairs, 01794 463401
Chemring Group PLC
James McFarlane MHP Group 07584 142665
Ollie Hoare 07817 458804
Notes to editors
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路 Chemring is a FTSE-250 global business that specialises in the manufacture of high technology products and the provision of services to the defence, security and aerospace markets
路 Employing approximately 2,700 people worldwide, and with production facilities in four countries, Chemring meets the needs of customers in more than fifty countries
路 Chemring is organised under two strategic product segments: Sensors & Information and Countermeasures & Energetics
路 Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that deliver high reliability solutions to protect people, platforms, missions and information against constantly changing threats
路 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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www.chemring.com
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