14 Oct 2010 10:52
Animalcare Group plc ('Animalcare' or 'the Company')
14 October 2010
Board Appointment
The Company is pleased to announce that Peter Oluwaseyi Robert Warner has today been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company with immediate effect.
Peter, aged 48, spent 8 years with Bowater (now Rexam) plc, the last 5 as site accountant in packaging manufacture. He was part of the team responsible for transferring the production facility to Indonesia, then spent 2 years as Financial Controller of an engineering subsidiary of BTR plc. In 1996 he joined VDC plc, then parent company of Animalcare Limited, as Group Accountant with responsibility for the wholesale division, becoming Financial Controller of Animalcare Limited in 2006 following the sale of the wholesale division. He became Financial Controller of Animalcare Group PLC in July 2009.
Stephen Wildridge Chief Executive of the Group said "I have worked with Peter since I joined Animalcare in 2003 and he has been closely involved in the development of strategy and the business since that time. I look forward to our future close cooperation in moving Animalcare forward."
In accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies, the Company confirms that there are no further matters to be disclosed in respect of Peter Warner's appointment.
For further information, please contact:
Animalcare Group plc 01904 487687
James Lambert, Non-executive Chairman
Stephen Wildridge, Chief Executive
Brewin Dolphin Limited (Nomad) 0845 213 4726
Neil Baldwin
ENDS
Animalcare Grp (ANCR)