Directorate Change

RNS Number : 4720N

Hargreaves Services PLC

09 September 2013

 



For immediate release

9 September 2013

HARGREAVES SERVICES PLC 

("Hargreaves" or the "Company")

Directorate Change

Hargreaves Services plc (AIM: HSP), the UK's leading supplier of solid fuels and bulk material logistics, is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Gillatt as Managing Director of the Production Division with effect from 16 September 2013. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Company and will, as a result of this new appointment, be stepping down from the Board with effect from today, 9 September 2013.

Peter is a Chartered Mining Engineer and has over 35 years of experience in the minerals sector in senior roles at Lafarge UK, Tarmac (Scotland) and British Coal. He also spent a period of time in the waste and recycling sector mainly as Chief Operating Officer of SITA UK.

A process to recruit a new Non-Executive Director to the Board is underway.

Tim Ross, Chairman of Hargreaves Services, commented: "I would like to thank Peter for his considerable contribution to the Board and we look forward to working closely with him in his new role focusing on the development of our surface mining business."

For further details:

Hargreaves Services	0191 373 4485
Gordon Banham, Group Chief Executive
Iain Cockburn, Group Finance Director
Buchanan	020 7466 5000
Mark Court / Fiona Henson / Sophie Cowles
N+1 Singer (Nomad & Joint Broker)	020 7496 3000
Sandy Fraser / Nick Owen
Jefferies International Limited (Joint Broker)	020 7029 8000
Sara Hale / Harry Nicholas

 

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