Silverdell Plc. : Directorate Change

Silverdell plc

Directorate Appointment

Silverdell plc ("Silverdell" or "the Company"), the specialist environmental support services group, announces that Mark Hazlewood will join the Board as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 9 September 2013.  Ian Johnson, former Chief Financial Officer, has stepped down from the Board and will leave the Company following an appropriate handover period.

Mr Hazlewood has a strong finance and business development track record, most recently at May Gurney Integrated Services PLC ("May Gurney") which he joined in November 2011 as Group Development Director and of which he was latterly Group Finance Director, until that company's acquisition by Kier Group PLC in July 2013.

Having qualified with Coopers & Lybrand as a Chartered Accountant in 1996, Mr Hazlewood joined South Staffordshire Group PLC in 1997, becoming Director of Finance in 2000.  He then joined Homeserve PLC following its demerger from South Staffordshire Group plc, firstly as Director of Group Business Development and latterly as Finance Director.  Mr Hazlewood then joined Anglian Home Improvements Group as Group Commercial Director prior to joining May Gurney.

Stuart Doughty, Chairman, commented:

"We are grateful to Ian for his contribution over the four years he has been with Silverdell and we wish him well for the future. 

"Mark will bring a wealth of experience to the Board at a time of transition and his appointment is a further step in ensuring that we have the right leadership team in place for the future.

"We look forward to updating the market further on the next steps towards lifting the temporary suspension in trading in the Company's shares." 

5 September 2013

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Mark Anthony Hazlewood, 47, is not currently a director of any other company.  He has been a director of the following businesses within the last 5 years:

A C Chesters & Son Limited

Anglian Group (Holdings) Limited

Ayton Asphalte Company Limited

ECT Engineering Limited

Engineered Products Limited

FDT (Holdings) Ltd

FDT Associates Ltd

FDT Contracts Ltd

Kier FPS Limited

Kier MG (Regional) Limited

Kier MG (Technical Services) Limited

Kier MG Building Ltd

Kier MG Estates Limited

Kier MG Group Limited

Kier MG Limited

Kier MG Recycling CIC

Kier MG Trustees Limited

Kier MGIS Limited

Michco 210 Limited

Norfork Community Recycling Services Limited

Senturion (Bidco) Limited

Senturion (Midco) Limited

Senturion Group Limited

Senturion Trustees Limited

T Cartledge Limited

T J Brent Limited

Turriff Contractors Limited

Turriff Group Limited

Turriff Smart Services Limited

Underground Moling Services Limited

Mr. Hazlewood does not hold any shares in the Group.

Save as set out in this announcement, there are no further matters to be disclosed in accordance with paragraph(g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.