Appointment of Interim Chief Financial Officer
Dialight plc
(“Dialight” or the “Company”)
Appointment of Interim Chief Financial Officer
Dialight plc announces that Kevin Higginson has been appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect. A search for a permanent Group Finance Director is underway.
Kevin has over 25 years of experience in finance roles in UK public companies in the industrial, manufacturing and business services sectors. Kevin was most recently Chief Financial Officer of AEA Technology Group plc, where he served between 2011 and 2012. He has previously been Group Finance Director of Low & Bonar plc (2006 – 2010) and BSS Group plc (2001 – 2006). Between 1987 and 2001 Kevin worked in a variety of roles for Hazelwood Foods plc, including Group Finance Director and Group Chief Executive. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1985.
Contacts:
Dialight PLC
Bill Ronald – Chairman
Roy Burton – Group Chief Executive
Tel: 01638 778641
Canaccord Genuity Limited
Simon Bridges
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000
FTI Consulting
Nick Hasell
+44 (0)20 7269 7191
Note:
Kevin Higginson will not be appointed as a Director of Dialight plc and so there are no details to be disclosed in relation to paragraph 9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.
About Dialight plc
The Group comprises the following business segments:
Lighting which addresses the increasing demands for Energy Efficient Lighting solutions for industrial/hazardous locations;
Signals that covers Traffic, Transportation and Obstruction signals; and Components whose sales are primarily to Electronics OEMs for status indication.
The company is headquartered in the UK with operating locations in Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, UAE, the UK and the USA. More information is available at dialightdev.wpenginepowered.com.