Versarien PLC Appointment of Non-executive Chairman (4209Q)
19 Giugno 2020 - 8:00AM
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Versarien PLC
19 June 2020
19 June 2020
Versarien plc
("Versarien", the "Company" or the "Group")
Appointment of Non-executive Chairman
Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), the advanced materials engineering
group, is, pleased to announce that James Stewart CBE has been
appointed as the Company's Non-executive Chairman with immediate
effect.
Mr Stewart is currently Managing Partner of Menlo Partners LLP,
an investment and advisory company with a particular focus on
technology companies operating in the UK and China. Prior to
founding Menlo in 2013, he spent 25 years in the private equity
sector, latterly as a Partner at ECI Partners LLP ("ECI"), one of
the UK's longest established private equity fund managers, where he
was involved in a wide range of investments. James joined ECI in
1996 having formerly spent time at Arthur Andersen & Co.
(Management Consultancy Division), N M Rothschild & Co. Limited
and as an Investment Director at Rothschild Ventures Limited.
Following Mr Stewart's appointment the Company's Board now
comprises James Stewart (Non-executive Chairman), Neill Ricketts
(CEO), Christopher Leigh (CFO), Susan Bowen (Non-executive
Director) and Iain Gray (Non-executive Director).
Commenting on the appointment Neill Ricketts, CEO of Versarien,
said : "We are delighted to welcome James to the Versarien board.
He brings significant business and transaction experience to
Versarien that will be particularly valuable as we progress our
commercial partnerships and international expansion strategy.
"In particular James has considerable experience of doing
business in Asia and a wide range of contacts that will assist
Versarien. I look forward to working closely with him and the Group
being able to utilise his skills and experience as the commercial
adoption of our graphene and other 2D materials accelerates."
The following information is disclosed pursuant to Rule 17 and
Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in
relation to James Stewart CBE, aged 60:
Current Directorships Previous Directorships (last
5 years)
Menlo Partners LLP Voxpopme Limited
Menlo Limited Exonar Limited
UM Labs Limited ECI Partners LLP
Safe Apps Limited Voxpopme Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)
Menlo Products Limited (Hong
Kong)
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James Stewart holds no ordinary shares in the capital of the
Company.
Save as disclosed above there are no additional disclosures to
be made in accordance with Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of
the AIM Rules for Companies.
Enquiries:
Versarien
Neill Ricketts, CEO
Chris Leigh, CFO +44 (0)1242 269 122
SP Angel Corporate Finance (Nominated Adviser
and Joint Broker)
Ewan Leggat, Soltan Tagiev +44 (0)20 3470 0470
Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Mark Whitmore, Simon Cardron +44 (0) 20 3207 7800
Yellow Jersey (Investor Relations)
Charles Goodwin
Georgia Colkin
Henry Wilkinson +44 (0)20 3004 9512
About Versarien
Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), is an advanced engineering materials
group. Leveraging proprietary technology, the Group creates
innovative engineering solutions for its clients in a diverse range
of industries. Versarien has seven subsidiaries operating under two
divisions:
Graphene and Plastics
2-DTech Ltd, which specialises in the supply, characterisation
and early stage development of graphene products. 2-DTech is based
at the Graphene Innovation Engineering Centre, a GBP60 million
facility set up to work in collaboration with industry partners to
create, test and optimise new concepts for the delivery of graphene
to the market. www.2-dtech.com
AAC Cyroma Limited, which specialises in the supply of
vacuum-formed and injection-moulded products to the automotive,
construction, utilities and retail industry sectors. Using
Versarien's existing graphene manufacturing capabilities, AAC has
the ability to produce graphene-enhanced plastic products.
www.aaccyroma.co.uk
Cambridge Graphene Limited, supplies novel inks based on
graphene and related materials, using patented
processes to develop graphene materials technology. www.cambridgegraphene.com
Gnanomat S.L. ("GNA"), based in the Parque Cientifico Madrid,
Spain, is a company capable of utilising Versarien's graphene
products in an environmentally friendly, scalable production
process for energy storage devices that offer high power density,
fast recharging and very long lifetimes for use in electrical
vehicles and portable electronics products. www.gnanomat.com
Versarien Graphene Inc - based in Texas, is the recently
incorporated sales business for the UK's graphene products.
Hard Wear and Metallic Products
Versarien Technologies Limited has developed an additive process
for creating advanced micro-porous metals targeting the thermal
management industry and supplies extruded aluminium.
www.versarien-technologies.co.uk
Total Carbide Limited, a leading manufacturer in sintered
tungsten carbide for applications in arduous environments such as
the oil and gas industry. www.totalcarbide.com
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