Appointment of Shaun Furlong to Board of Directors

Allergy Therapeutics PLC

11 March 2024

 

Allergy Therapeutics plc

("Allergy Therapeutics", the "Group" or "Company")

Appointment of Dr. Shaun Furlong to Board of Directors

11 March 2024 Allergy Therapeutics plc (AIM: AGY), the integrated commercial biotechnology company specialising in allergy vaccines, is pleased to announce the appointment of Shaun Furlong as an Executive Director of the Company, with effect from 8 March 2024.

Shaun was appointed as the Group's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in August 2023, having previously served as Group Financial Controller since April 2022. He brings significant financial experience, having held senior finance roles within blue-chip companies across multiple sectors, including Legal & General, Hastings Direct, Volution Group and American Express. Shaun is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a PhD in polymer chemistry from the University of Sussex.

Peter Jensen, Chairman of Allergy Therapeutics, commented: "Shaun has proven himself to be an invaluable asset to the Company since his appointment as Group Financial Controller and more recently since his appointment as Chief Financial Officer last year. Given his professionalism, strong financial acumen and range of experience, I have no doubt that he will be an important contributor to the Board."

Commenting on his appointment, Shaun Furlong said: " I am delighted to take on an expanded leadership role as an Executive Director and look forward to working alongside the other members of the Board."

Additional Information in respect of the AIM Rules:

Shaun Antony Furlong, aged 48, holds an interest in 1,500 ordinary shares in the Company. In the previous five years, Shaun was a director of SAF Management Services Limited. The Company confirms that there is no other information in relation to Shaun's appointment that is required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

For further information, please contact:

Allergy Therapeutics

Manuel Llobet, Chief Executive Officer

Shaun Furlong, Chief Financial Officer

[phone]

Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Emma Earl, Freddy Crossley, Mark Rogers, Corporate Finance

Rupert Dearden, Corporate Broking

[phone]

ICR Consilium

Mary-Jane Elliott / David Daley / Davide Salvi

[phone]

[e-mail]

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About Allergy Therapeutics

Allergy Therapeutics is an international commercial biotechnology company, headquartered in the UK, focussed on the treatment and diagnosis of allergic disorders, including aluminium free immunotherapy vaccines that have the potential to cure disease. The Group sells proprietary and third-party products from its subsidiaries in nine major European countries and via distribution agreements in an additional ten countries. Its broad pipeline of products in clinical development includes vaccines for grass, tree, house dust mite and peanut. For more information, please see www.allergytherapeutics.com.

 

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