New Appointments

RNS Number : 6646L

Plant Health Care PLC

15 January 2009

 



15 January 2009

Plant Health Care plc

('Plant Health Care' or 'the Company')

PLANT HEALTH CARE BOOSTS MANAGEMENT TEAM

Plant Health Care (AIM: PHC.L), a leading provider of natural products to the agriculture and landscape industries, announces the appointment of Greg Warren as its Chief Operating Officer, Cheryl Eberle as Managing Director of its US Horticulture & Turf Division and Daryl Nelson as Corporate Controller. 

In his capacity as COO, Greg will be responsible for all areas of Plant Health Care's agriculture operations, horticulture and turf, reclamation and technical services. 

Prior to joining Plant Health Care, Greg was Vice President and General Manager of Chemtura Corporation's North America crop protection business where he was responsible for marketing, sales, research & development and business development.

Cheryl will be replacing Michael Kubinec as the head of Plant Health Care's US Horticulture and Turf operation. Michael has been promoted to work in the area of corporate business development. 

Cheryl was most recently general manager of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shemin Nurseries. Her responsibilities at Shemin included complete P&L responsibility for branch operations as well as direct supervision over all sales and marketing activities. 

Daryl has over 15 years of financial and operational experience with a number of major companies in the Pittsburgh area including Allegheny Technologies and Calgon Carbon, and most recently Hydrogen LLC. Daryl is a CPA with strong experience in the areas of public reporting and compliance and has implemented Sarbanes Oxley initiatives at all three of these companies. Daryl has also been successfully involved in a number of operational areas including supply chain and logistics.

John Brady, chief executive of Plant Health Care, said: 'In order to cope with and maintain our rapid expansion it has been necessary to further strengthen our management team. Greg and Cheryl bring a wealth of experience and an intimate knowledge of sales, marketing and distribution to the Company.' 

'Daryl's wide variety of corporate experience and subsequent understanding of both the financial and operational aspects of these businesses will also be of great benefit to Plant Health Care. On behalf of the Board I would like to welcome them to the Company and wish them every success.'  

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For further information:

John Brady	Evolution Securities Limited	Tavistock Communications
Chief Executive	Tim Worlledge/Tim Redfern	Jeremy Carey/Simon Compton
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