Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC Board Appointment (1226A)
January 31 2022 - 3:24AM
UK Regulatory
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Hill & Smith Hldgs PLC
31 January 2022
31 January 2022
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
Board Appointment
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC ("Hill & Smith" or the
"Group"), the international group creating sustainable
infrastructure and safe transport through innovation, is pleased to
announce the appointment of Farrokh Batliwala as a Non-Executive
Director with effect from 1 April 2022. Farrokh will also join the
Nomination, Audit and Remuneration Committees of the Board.
Farrokh was formerly President of the Connect and Control
Technologies division of ITT Inc ("ITT"), a US listed industrials
group. Farrokh has significant international operational and
leadership experience, combined with having held senior roles in
both Strategy and M&A. Prior to joining ITT, Farrokh held
senior management roles at both Eaton Corporation and Pratt &
Whitney. Farrokh lives on the East Coast of the US and has a degree
in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA
from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Alan Giddins, Chair of Hill & Smith, said:
"On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Farrokh to
Hill & Smith. The US is a key market for the Group, and a
geography in which we see significant growth potential. As a
result, the Group has been keen to bring onto the Board a US based
non-executive with complementary industrial experience. I am
extremely pleased that we have been able to attract someone of
Farrokh's calibre."
ENDS
For further information, please contact:
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC
Alan Giddins, Chairman Tel: +44 (0)121 704 7434
MHP Communications
Andrew Jaques/Rachel Farrington/Catherine Chapman Tel: +44 (0)20 3128 8613
Notes to Editors
Hill & Smith Holdings PLC creates sustainable infrastructure
and safe transport through innovation. The Group employs c.4,500
people worldwide with the majority employed by its autonomous,
agile, customer focussed operating businesses based in the UK, USA,
France, Sweden, India and Australia. It has a head office in the UK
and it is quoted on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: HILS.L).
The Group's operating businesses are organised into three main
business segments:
Roads & Security: supplying products and services to support
road and highway infrastructure including temporary and permanent
road safety barriers, renewable energy lighting and power
solutions, Intelligent Traffic Solutions, street lighting columns
and bridge parapets. The security portfolio includes hostile
vehicle mitigation solutions, high security fencing and automated
gate solutions.
Utilities: supplying steel and engineered composite solutions
with low embodied energy for a wide range of infrastructure markets
including energy generation and distribution, marine, rail and
housing. The division also supplies engineered pipe supports for
the water, power and liquid natural gas markets and seismic
protection solutions.
Galvanizing Services: dramatically increasing the sustainability
and maintenance free life of steel products including structural
steel work, lighting, bridges, agricultural and other products for
the industrial and infrastructure markets.
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