Provexis plc announced the appointment of John Clarke, the experienced former GlaxoSmithKline senior executive, as a Non-executive Director. Mr. Clarke has extensive experience of the functional food and sports nutrition sectors, having worked at GSK for more than 35 years. In 2006 he was appointed global President of GSK Consumer Healthcare, a position from which he recently stepped down. Mr. Clarke was responsible for the Lucozade brand including strategy, innovation programme, portfolio and global expansion for 15 years from 1996 to 2011. Lucozade achieved growth of 13% CAGR through the 1996 -2011 period, with sales now approaching 400 million pounds. Mr. Clarke's appointment at Provexis is effective from April 1, 2012.