Porvair plc announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Director. The Board announced the appointment of John Nicholas as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2017. John will join the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nominations Committee of Porvair. John will become Chairman of the Board at the AGM in April 2018 at which time Charles Matthews, the current Chairman, will retire from the Board. John is an experienced Non-Executive Director with broad experience in manufacturing and service industries. He is currently Chairman of Diploma PLC, Senior Non-Executive Director of Mondi plc and Non-Executive and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Hunting plc. He was previously Senior Non-Executive Director of Rotork plc and Ceres Power Holdings plc.