Mincon Group welcomes Paul Lynch to its Board as Non-Executive Director

– IRELAND, Shannon –  Mincon Group Plc (EPA: MIO | LON: MCON), the Irish engineering group specialising in the design, manufacture, sale and servicing of rock drilling tools and associated products, today announced the appointment of Paul Lynch as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect.

The Company also announced that Jussi Rautiainen is to step down as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Jussi will remain with the Company and take up a new executive management role as Regional Manager for the EMEA region.

 “On behalf of the Board, I am pleased to welcome Paul to Mincon. Paul brings strong financial experience and extensive knowledge on corporate development. Paul will be a valuable adviser and contributor to both the Board and the Mincon business and we all very much look forward to working with him. I would also like to wish Jussi well in his new role as Regional Manager for the Company’s EMEA operations. The Board has benefitted hugely from his extensive knowledge of the mining industry during his time as a Non-Executive Director and we believe his experience will be of great value as the Company focuses on the continued development of its EMEA operations.” said Hugh McCullough, Chairman of Mincon

About Paul Lynch

Mr Lynch currently acts as a strategic adviser for a number of companies having previously served as the chief financial officer of Applegreen plc, a quoted petrol forecourt retailer in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, between 2014 and 2017. Mr Lynch qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen in 1990, after which followed a wide-ranging career in corporate finance and senior management across a number of industry sectors. He was a director of Heiton Group plc for 7 years, from 2000 to 2007, initially as head of corporate development and subsequently as Managing Director of its Retail Division. Mr Lynch has served as chief executive of large-scale businesses in the retail, manufacturing, waste management and facility services sectors and he has led and concluded over 20 M&A transactions across diverse industries and jurisdictions.

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