Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0344I

Driver Group plc

08 June 2011

 



DRV

8 June 2011

DRIVER GROUP PLC

("Driver" or "the Group")

Appointment of an additional non- executive director

Driver, the global construction consultancy, is pleased to announce that Colin Davies (aged 53) has accepted an invitation to join the board as an additional non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, with effect from 1 June 2011.

Mr Davies, a Chartered Certified Accountant, commenced his business career with Midland Bank in 1977 followed by a period with the Department of Trade and Industry and then Grant Thornton. He was Chief Executive and subsequently Corporate Finance Director of Graystone Plc between 1992 -1995 and Chief Executive of Hallmark Industries from 1995-1998. He has been a non-executive director of several companies, including Floors 2 Go Plc and Mount Engineering Plc until their takeovers in 2007 and 2010 respectively. He continues to be an investor in and non-executive director of several private companies.

His directorships in the last five years are as follows:

Name	Further Detail
Access Intelligence Plc	Appointed 1/12/2003	Resigned 30/11/2008
Arklow Engineering Limited	Appointed 29/3/2006
Ashfield Extrusion Limited	Appointed 28/3/2006
Avacta Group Plc	Appointed 8/9/2003	Resigned 12/7/2006
Back up and Running plc	Appointed 28/10/2003	Resigned 27/7/2007
Bray Industries Limited in administration	Appointed 23/6/2006
Criticalbid Limited	Appointed 16/7/1996
Floors 2 Go plc	Appointed 17/3/2004	Resigned 3 /1/2007
Haverstrong Limited	Appointed 15/7/1991
Interlink Foods Plc	Appointed 29/7/ 1998	Resigned 20/7/2007
Internet Marketing Limited	Appointed 18/12/2000	Resigned 10/12/08
The Internet  Marketing Guild Limited	Appointed 18/12/2000	Resigned 27/7/2007
Kids Safety Net Limited	Appointed 12/10/2001
Management Services 2000 Limited	Appointed 17/10/2006	Resigned 30/11/08
Mount Engineering PLC	Appointed 1/5/2007	Resigned 11/11/10
The Marketing Guild Limited	Appointed 18/12/2000	Resigned 27/7/2007
NSMAG Limited	Appointed 13/1/2001
Wired Gov Limited	Appointed 4/4/2003	Resigned 27/7/2007
York Early Music Press Limited	Appointed 30/5/2001

Mr Davies was a director of Interlink Foods from its inception and continued as a director during its administration in 2007 following which he was instrumental in its sale to MC Cambridge, an Irish Foods group.

There are no other disclosures required in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

Enquiries:

Driver Group plc		Dave Webster, Chief Executive Officer		T: 01706 223999
		Damien McDonald, Finance Director
W H Ireland Limited		John Wakefield Marc Davies		T:  0117 945 3471

 

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