Directorate change

SDI Group PLC

10 June 2026

 

SDI Group plc

("SDI", the "Company", or the "Group")

Directorate Change

Appointment of Mark Fryer as Non-Executive Director

10 June 2026 - SDI Group plc, the buy and build group, focused on companies which design and manufacture specialist lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Fryer as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Mark will join the Board on 16 July 2026 and will be appointed Audit Committee Chair on 1 August 2026.

Mark is a seasoned CFO and finance leader with over 35 years of experience in public companies, private equity and privately owned businesses spanning global manufacturing and industrial services. Currently, he is serving as Group CFO for Dialight plc, the Main Market listed global LED lighting business, where he has recently contributed to its return to profitable growth. Prior to this he held CFO positions at AIM-quoted Franchise Brands plc and Anexo Group plc and spent six years as Finance Director at Augean plc, during which time its market capitalisation grew from £25 million to £385 million ahead of its sale to infrastructure investors in 2021.

Mark has been involved in over 100 M&A transactions including the $1.8 billion acquisition of Volvo Cars by Li Shufu and the acquisition and financing of SKP, the largest paper recycling business in Europe, for £500 million. Mark is a Chartered Accountant and completed his Executive Education at Columbia Business School.

Ken Ford, Chairman of SDI, commented:

"We welcome Mark to the Board. His depth of financial leadership across public businesses, combined with his demonstrable track record of M&A, will be a significant asset to SDI as we continue to execute our growth strategy and add to our portfolio of acquisitions in high-growth markets. His hands-on operational background makes him ideally suited to support the team and I look forward to working closely with him."

Enquiries:
	SDI Group plc Stephen Brown, Chief Executive Officer Amitabh Sharma, Chief Financial Officer	[phone] www.sdigroup.com
	James Dimitriou, Group Head of Corporate Development Cavendish Capital Markets Ltd (NOMAD & Joint Corporate Broker) Ed Frisby / Seamus Fricker - Corporate Finance Andrew Burdis / Sunila de Silva - Corporate Broking	[phone]
	Stifel (Joint Corporate Broker)	[phone]
	Fred Walsh / Brough Ransom / Ben Good
	Vigo Consulting (Financial Communications) Tim McCall / Rozi Morris / Fiona Hetherington	[phone] [e-mail]

 About SDI Group plc

SDI Group plc, is a buy and build group, focused on companies which design and manufacture specialist lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products. The Group includes small to medium size companies with specialist industrial and scientific products in growth sector niches which help solve customers' key challenges.

It specialises in the acquisition and development of companies that design and manufacture specialist products for use in lab equipment, industrial & scientific sensors and industrial & scientific products.

Its portfolio of businesses serves a broad spectrum of specialised markets, ranging from advanced industrial technologies (aerospace & defence, manufacturing, semiconductors and precision measurement) to scientific and medical applications (life sciences, healthcare, astronomy). SDI aims to continue its growth through driving the organic growth of its portfolio companies and by the acquisition of complementary technology businesses with established reputations in global markets.

For more information, please see: www.SDIGroup.com

INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER RULE 17 AND SCHEDULE 2, PARAGRAPH (G) OF THE AIM RULES FOR COMPANIES ("AIM RULES")

Full name: Mark Rupert Maxwell Fryer

Age: 59

Shares held in the Company: None

Options held in the Company: None

Current Directorships

Previous Directorships held in the past five years

Colwall Consulting Ltd Dialight Plc Dialight Europe Limited Belling Lee Limited Roxboro Overseas Limited The Roxboro Trust Company Limited Dialight de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. Dialight Latin America S. de R.L. de C.V. Dialight GmbH Dialight Corporation Roxboro Holdings Inc Dialight ILS Australia Pty Ltd Dialight Asia Pte. Limited

Preformed Windings Limited Hydraulic Authority I Limited Hydraulic Authority II Limited Hydraulic Authority III Limited Pirtek Europe Limited FB Holdings Limited Franchise Brands Plc Hopkinson Waste Holdings Ltd IGCA 2013 Limited Professional and Legal Services Limited Direct Accident Management Limited Anexo Group Limited Augean LFT Claims Co Limited Augean Incineration Limited Augean Limited Augean North Sea Services Limited HiTech Equipment Limited Augean Property Limited Colt Industrial Services Limited Augean Treatment Limited Augean North Limited R N A Investments Limited Augean South Limited

There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to the appointment pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

 

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