PowerPhotonic announced that David Evans will join PowerPhotonic’s board of directors, strengthening the company’s non-executive team.
David has been a director of FTSE companies for over 20 years. He is an electronics engineer by training, spending his early career at GEC-Marconi, which at 34 years of age, culminated in heading up the Neston Underwater Systems Division . He joined Chemring Group plc in 1987 and was CEO of Chemring plc from 1999 to 2005 when he retired, but remained on the Board for another 6 years as a non-executive. During his time at Chemring, annual Turnover increased from £21M to £745M and the Group established itself as an international market leader with its niche defence product. In 2007, he joined Avon Rubber as Non-Executive Director and was appointed non- Executive Chairman in February 2012. Avon Rubber is an international market leader in first responder, fire and military respirator systems and milking products. In his time at Avon-Rubber annual turnover has doubled to £134M and profits before taxation from loss making to £19M and market cap more than tripling in his time as Chairman.
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