Dialight plc (LON:DIA), the global leader in LED lighting for heavy industrial applications, has announced the appointment of Stephen Blair as an independent non-executive director, with effect from 7 June 2023. On appointment Steve will become a member of the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees, and will also assume the roles of Remuneration Committee chair and senior independent director.
Steve is a qualified electronic engineer with considerable experience in international business development – with particular focus on North American markets. He held senior roles at Invensys Process Systems as President of IPS’s North American operations and as chief operating officer of Spectris plc’s instrumentation and industrial controls divisions. Steve was CEO of e2v Plc, steering the group through a complex organisational transformation through to its acquisition by Teledyne Inc in 2017. Steve was then CEO of The Ordnance Survey until retirement in 2021. Steve has also held a non-executive director role at Oxford Instruments plc where he was the senior independent director and a member of the audit, nominations and remuneration committees prior to stepping down in September 2021.
Gaelle Hotellier and Gotthard Haug have notified Dialight that, after seven years and three years of service respectively, they have decided to step down from the Board with effect from 30 June 2023. Gaelle has served as a director since 3 October 2016 and will hand over the senior independent director and Remuneration Committee roles to Steve Blair. Gotthard has been a director since 1 April 2020.
Neil Johnson, Dialight non-executive Chairman, commented:
“I am delighted that Steve is joining the board of Dialight. He brings with him extensive experience of electronic engineering and manufacturing sector in the UK, North America and globally. I am confident that he will considerably strengthen the non-executive team at Dialight with his substantial C-level experience of transformational change achieved through operational excellence, accelerated organic growth and targeted M&A.”
“On behalf of the Board, I would also like to thank Gaelle and Gotthard for their very considerable contributions to the Board and the Group as a whole over their respective terms of service, and we wish them all the very best for the future.”
Stephen Blair, commented:
“I am delighted to be joining Dialight at an exciting time for the Group. It is clear to me that there is substantial potential in Dialight, and I am looking forward to working with Neil, Fariyal and the rest of the board of directors and the wider executive team to drive growth and shareholder value in the business.”
