– UK, Manchester – Nanoco Group plc (AIM: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, announces the appointment of Robin Williams as an independent Non-Executive Director.
Robin brings to Nanoco a breadth of corporate experience, gained at quoted and private businesses and in the City where he worked in investment banking during his early career. He is currently a non-executive director at Xaar plc, the Cambridge based inkjet print-head manufacturer. In addition, he chairs two businesses owned by the Department of Health, NHS Professionals Ltd and NHS Property Services Ltd. He is also a non-executive at a quoted venture capital trust and at a privately owned agricultural business.
Robin qualified as an accountant in 1981 after graduating in engineering science. He worked in corporate finance for ten years at investment banks including Salomon Brothers and UBS before leaving the City in 1992 to co-found the packaging business Britton Group plc. In 1998, he moved to Hepworth plc, the building materials group, and since 2004 he has focused on non-executive work in public, private and PE-backed businesses.
It is intended that Robin will chair Nanoco’s audit committee.
Tony Clinch, Nanoco’s Chairman, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Robin Williams to Nanoco’s Board as a Non-Executive Director. Robin has a huge breadth of corporate experience and we look forward to his contribution to the Company.”
About Nanoco Group plc
Nanoco is a world leader in the development and production of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nano-materials for use in multiple applications including LCD displays, lighting, solar cells and bio-imaging. In the display market, it has an exclusive manufacturing and marketing licensing agreement with The Dow Chemical Company.
Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Manchester, UK. It has production facilities in Runcorn, UK, and a US subsidiary, Nanoco Inc, based in Concord, MA. Nanoco also has business development offices in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Its technology is protected worldwide by a large and growing patent estate.
Nanoco began trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2009 under the ticker symbol NANO.
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