Rurelec PLC Appointment of New Director (3808P)
November 16 2016 - 11:19AM
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RNS Number : 3808P
Rurelec PLC
16 November 2016
16 November 2016
Rurelec PLC
("Rurelec" or the "Company")
Appointment of New Director
Rurelec PLC (AIM: RUR), the owner, operator and developer of
power generation capacity internationally, today announces the
appointment of Andrew Coveney as part-time executive Finance
Director. Mr Coveney's appointment has been made at the request of
the administrator of Rurelec's largest shareholder, Sterling Trust
Limited.
Mr Coveney trained with Deloitte and qualified as a Chartered
Accountant in December 1990. Subsequently he worked as a Corporate
Finance Manager for Coopers & Lybrand, before being appointed
as Finance Director of CP Pharmaceuticals Ltd in 1993 and then also
as Managing Director in 2001. Between 2004 and 2006 Mr Coveney was
Group Finance Director of F Bender Limited (formerly Benders
Holdings Limited). In 2006 Mr Coveney was appointed as Group
Finance Director of Bernstein Group Holdings Limited (now 04956646
Limited), a kitchen manufacturer which was in financial difficulty,
as part of a turnaround team. Ultimately the turnaround team was
unable to rescue the business. Further information is included
below.
In 2009 Mr Coveney was appointed as a Partner at Accountants
Campbell Woolley, where he designed, branded and marketed a new
corporate advisory service involving turnaround and business
support services, fundraising, structuring and cash flow management
services.
In June 2011 Mr Coveney established Coveney Associates
Consulting Limited where he is Managing Director. The company
offers turnaround advisory and part-time CFO services to a number
of companies.
Further information concerning Mr Andrew Hilbre Coveney, aged
50
Current Partnerships and Directorships:
Coveney Associates Consulting Limited
Excavator Zoo Limited
Past Directorships and Partnerships:
04956646 Limited (Formerly Bernstein Group Holdings Limited)
Gleave Investments Limited
Coveney Associates LLP
As set out above, Mr Coveney was appointed as Group Finance
Director of Bernstein Group Holdings Limited ("Bernstein") on 28
June 2006, which was lossmaking at the time. On 20 November 2006
the Company was put into Administration and exited by Company
Voluntary Arrangement on 2 February 2007. Inhoco 3005 Limited and
BGH Limited were subsidiaries of Bernstein, which were dissolved
thereafter. Bernstein was again put into administration on 19
December 2008 following the consumer collapse as a result of the
2008 financial crisis. The administrator filed a statement of
affairs on 6 February 2009 which stated that the total shortfall
for creditors was projected to be approximately GBP8.9 million.
Mr Coveney was appointed a director of Sustainable Leisure
Limited on 6 February 2008 and resigned on 16 July 2009. The
Company invested in a leisure-based property development. The
company was 100% owned by the majority shareholder of Bernstein.
The business was put into administration on 28 July 2009 and was
dissolved on 23 October 2010. The administrator filed a Statement
of Affairs on 26 April 2010 which stated that the total expected
shortfall for creditors approximately GBP2.2 million.
There is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17 or
Schedule 2 paragraph (G) of the AIM Rules.
For further information please contact:
Rurelec PLC W H Ireland
Simon Morris, Director Paul Shackleton and James
Bavister
Tel: 020 7025 8026/8 Tel: 020 7220 1666
This information is provided by RNS
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