Gooch & Housego PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (0269S)
12 March 2021 - 6:00PM
UK Regulatory
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Gooch & Housego PLC
12 March 2021
For immediate release 12 March 2021
Gooch & Housego PLC
("G&H" or the "Group")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Gooch & Housego PLC, the specialist manufacturer of optical
components and systems, is pleased to announce that Jim Haynes has
been appointed to the Company's Board as a Non-Executive Director
with effect from 12 March 2021.
Jim brings to the Group extensive experience from his
distinguished executive career in the photonics industry where he
held a range of senior leadership roles in engineering and
operations, most recently Executive Vice President, Operations, at
Oclaro/Lumentum. He has significant international experience having
lived and worked in the UK, US and Canada and he was also
responsible for growing Operations in Asia. He has been involved in
the successful integration of a number of acquired businesses
whilst also delivering on organic growth strategies.
Jim was formerly a non-executive director of Andor Technology
plc, an AIM traded microscopy business acquired by Oxford
Instruments plc in 2014. He is currently an advisor to Rockley
Photonics, a silicon photonics technology company.
Gary Bullard, Chairman of Gooch & Housego, commented:
"I am delighted to welcome Jim to the Board of Gooch &
Housego. He has many years of experience operating at Board level
in international photonics businesses. Jim has particular expertise
in technology and operations and I am sure he will make a valuable
contribution to the continuing growth of the Gooch & Housego
business."
For further information
contact: -
Gooch & Housego
Mark Webster/Chris Jewell PLC 01460 256440
Mark Court /Sophie Wills/
Charlotte Slater Buchanan 020 7466 5000
Chris Baird/ Patrick Robb/
David Anderson Investec Bank plc 020 7597 5970
James Douglas Haynes (aged 59 years) currently holds or has held
the following directorships or partnerships in the past five
years.
Current Directorships or Past Directorships or Partnerships
Partnerships
None Bookham Nominees Limited
Lumentum Technology UK Limited
Oclaro Germany GMBH
Oclaro (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Notes to editors
1. Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business
headquartered in Ilminster, Somerset, UK with operations in the USA
and Europe. A world leader in its field, the company researches,
designs, engineers and manufactures advanced photonic systems,
components and instrumentation for applications in the Aerospace
& Defence, Industrial, Life Sciences and Scientific Research
sectors. World leading design, development and manufacturing
expertise is offered across a broad range of complementary
technologies.
2. All financial information included in this announcement is
sourced from unaudited management accounts and excludes any
specific items. This announcement contains certain forward-looking
statements that are based on management's current expectations or
beliefs as well as assumptions about future events. These are
subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the
economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in
the countries and sectors in which G&H operates. It is believed
that the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable
but they may be affected by a wide range of variables which could
cause actual results, and G&H's plans and objectives, to differ
materially from those currently anticipated or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue
reliance on any such statements. Nothing in this announcement
should be construed as a profit forecast.
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