Directorate Change

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LPA Group PLC
21 March 2018
 

LPA GROUP PLC

 

Directorate Change

 

LPA Group plc ("LPA" or the "Group"), the LED lighting and electro-mechanical system manufacturer and distributor, announces the appointment of Christopher Buckenham FCCA as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 22 March 2018, in succession to Stephen Brett ACA, Finance Director, who alongside Per Staehr, Non-Executive Director, retires at the conclusion of the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held at 12 noon today.

 

Chris joined LPA in October 2017 as Finance Executive as part of the Group Management succession plan to succeed Stephen Brett, Finance Director, whose retirement at LPA's Annual General Meeting was announced in the Chairman's Statement on 23 January 2018.

 

Chris qualified as a chartered certified accountant in 1996 and became a partner with SR Howell & Co before joining Grant Thornton Corporate Finance in 2000. Having led the financial restructuring of a client, CRP, he became its Finance Director and a shareholder in it in 2005. He left CRP in 2016 following its acquisition by Smurfit Kappa in 2013, to become Group Finance Director at Penso.

 

Other than as set out below, there are no matters that are required to be disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Christopher James Buckenham (aged 46):

 

Current Appointments

Past Appointments

None

CRP Print & Packaging Holdings Limited

CRP Print & Packaging Limited

Howper 485 Limited

Penso City Vehicles Limited

Penso Consulting Limited

Penso Electronics Limited

Penso Holdings Limited

Penso Limited

Penso Technology Limited

 

As at the date of this announcement, Mr Buckenham does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company.

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.

 

21 March 2018

 

 

ENQUIRIES:

 

LPA Group plc 

Tel: 07881 626123 or 01799 512844

Peter Pollock, Chief Executive     




Cairn Financial Advisers (Nominated Adviser)

Tel: 020 7213 0880

James Caithie / Tony Rawlinson




WH Ireland (Broker)                          

Tel: 0113 394 6600

Tim Feather / James Sinclair-Ford




Instinctif Partners (PR Adviser)                    

Tel: 020 7457 2020

Mark Garraway / Helen Tarbet


 


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