AVG Avingtrans Plc

 
TIDMAVG 
 
9 September 2009 
 
                                Avingtrans plc 
                                (the "Company") 
 
                              Directorate Change 
 
The Board of Avingtrans plc, is pleased to announce that Dr. Graham Kenneth 
Thornton has agreed to join the Board as a Non-Executive Director, with 
immediate effect. 
 
Graham has over 25 years experience in the aerospace sector working for market 
leading companies such as TRW Aeronautical Systems, where he was VP Business 
Development, and the Smiths Group PLC. He has also worked as an independent 
consultant to a number of the world's most prestigious defence and high 
technology companies. Graham was most recently the Managing Director of 
Northrop Grumman UK. 
 
Dr. Thornton, aged 61, is a chartered physicist and chartered mechanical 
engineer. He is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a fellow of the RSA 
and served more than 10 years as a council member of the Society of British 
Aerospace Companies. He is a physics graduate and has a PhD in Cryogenic 
Engineering from Southampton University. From 1975 to 1984 he lectured in 
Engineering Science at Oxford University. 
 
Commenting, Roger McDowell, Chairman, said: 
 
"Graham's credentials speak for themselves. He brings considerable 
international experience to Avingtrans in our core sectors and we welcome 
Graham to the Board." 
 
In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules, the following information in 
relation to the appointment of Dr Thornton is disclosed: 
 
Current directorships and partnerships: 
 
RG Associates (Partnership) 
 
Conditioning Monitoring Technologies Limited 
 
Turbo Power Systems Inc (Canada) 
 
Previous directorships and partnerships held in the past five years: 
 
Society of British Aerospace Companies Limited NGC UK Limited 
 
Northrop Grumman UK Limited 
 
NGC UK Limited 
 
High Integrity Solutions Limited (Date of Administration 3rd April 2008. Amount 
owed to creditors GBP1.89 million.) 
 
There are no other matters which are required to be announced as required under 
Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules. 
 
 
 
Enquiries: 
 
Stephen King 0115 949 9020 
 
Finance Director 
 
 
 
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