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PhotonStar LED nets a new finance director
The former CFO of SPI Lasers, a manufacturer of fibre lasers, David Holloway assisted in developing the business, including raising additional capital to support growth and also, ultimately, facilitating the sale of the company to the German engineering multinational Trumpf Gmbh
PhotonStar LED Group, a British designer and manufacturer of smart LED lighting solutions, has appointed David Holloway as Group Finance Director. The appointment came into effect on 3rd September 2012.
Holloway is a chartered accountant with over 30 years commercial experience of senior finance roles, covering public companies and technology & engineering businesses, including SPI Lasers plc, IMI plc and Williams Holdings plc.
James McKenzie, Group Chief Executive, comments, “I am delighted that David is joining us. He has considerable commercial experience and expertise in a wide range of relevant operational areas including manufacturing, IT, HR, company secretariat and legal in addition to finance. We continue to grow rapidly, and thus David will help us achieve that growth in a controlled manner. We welcome him on board."
Disclosures required pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules:
David John Holloway, 62, currently holds, and has during the last five years immediately preceding the date of this announcement held, the following directorships or partnerships:
Holloway was a director of Datrontech Group plc from 1999 until it was placed into receivership in 2001. There are no further matters to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
PhotonStar LED Group’s proprietary technology seamlessly integrates LEDs, sensors and controls to provide intelligent lighting for commercial and architectural applications which benefit from greater CO2 reduction, lower cost of ownership & improved functionality compared to other available light sources. PhotonStar says its lighting products have 90 percent less embodied CO2 than equivalent products providing the same levels of illumination.
Holloway is a chartered accountant with over 30 years commercial experience of senior finance roles, covering public companies and technology & engineering businesses, including SPI Lasers plc, IMI plc and Williams Holdings plc.
James McKenzie, Group Chief Executive, comments, “I am delighted that David is joining us. He has considerable commercial experience and expertise in a wide range of relevant operational areas including manufacturing, IT, HR, company secretariat and legal in addition to finance. We continue to grow rapidly, and thus David will help us achieve that growth in a controlled manner. We welcome him on board."
Disclosures required pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules:
David John Holloway, 62, currently holds, and has during the last five years immediately preceding the date of this announcement held, the following directorships or partnerships:
Holloway was a director of Datrontech Group plc from 1999 until it was placed into receivership in 2001. There are no further matters to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
PhotonStar LED Group’s proprietary technology seamlessly integrates LEDs, sensors and controls to provide intelligent lighting for commercial and architectural applications which benefit from greater CO2 reduction, lower cost of ownership & improved functionality compared to other available light sources. PhotonStar says its lighting products have 90 percent less embodied CO2 than equivalent products providing the same levels of illumination.
