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Airea PLC
10 May 2023
 

 

 

10 May 2023

AIREA plc

 

("AIREA", the "Group" or the "Company")

 

Appointment of Independent Non-Executive Director

 

AIREA plc (AIM: AIEA), the UK design-led specialist flooring company, supplying both the UK and international markets, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tanya Ashton as Independent Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect.

 

Tanya is an experienced board director, with over 20 years' experience in strategic marketing and brand development roles. She currently acts as Head of Sustainability at Walgreens Boots Alliance Global Sourcing, Europe, focused on reducing risk through transformational sustainable supply chains and has been recognised for her commitment to increasing sustainability in consumer products.

 

Tanya also holds a Non-Executive Director position and acts as a sustainability subject matter expert to AIM-listed M.P. Evans Group PLC, which owns, manages and develops sustainable palm-oil estates in Indonesia. 

Tanya has also been a director and board member of The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) since January 2022, where she has enhanced supply chain visibility and launched the TSC THESIS Sustainability Assessment Tool across international boundaries.

Médéric Payne, Chief Executive Officer of AIREA, commented:

 

"On behalf of everyone at AIREA plc, we are delighted to welcome Tanya to the Board. Following the launch of our eco2matters principles and arctic flooring range, her extensive sustainability experience will be extremely valuable as we continue to develop our ESG strategy."

 

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For further information please contact:

 

AIREA plc

Médéric Payne, Chief Executive Officer

Ryan Thomas, Chief Financial Officer

Tel: +44 (0) 192 426 6561

Singer Capital Markets
(Nominated Adviser and Sole Broker)

Peter Steel / Sam Butcher

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7496 3000

Yellow Jersey PR
(Financial media and PR)

Sarah Hollins / Shivantha Thambirajah / Jazmine Clemens

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3004 9512


Notes to Editors

 

AIREA plc is a UK design-led specialist flooring company, supplying both UK and international markets.  Since 2007, the Group has been focused solely on floor coverings and enjoys a strong and growing brand position within the commercial flooring market.

 

The Group's core brand Burmatex® is one of the UK's leading designers and manufacturers of commercial carpet tiles and planks. Burmatex® focuses on the design and creation of sustainable innovative flooring solutions to meet the needs of architects, specifiers and contractors with a continuously developing range to suit the education, leisure, commercial, hospitality and public sectors. The brand was acquired by AIREA in 1984.

 

The Group was admitted to trading on AIM of the London Stock Exchange on 12 December 2007.

 

For further information, please visit: https://aireaplc.com/.

 

Additional disclosures required under the AIM Rules for Companies

 

Pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule Two Paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, Tanya Ashton, aged 52, is, or has during the last five years, been a director or partner of the following companies and partnerships.

 

Current Directorships or Partnerships:

 

The Sustainability Consortium - Director

·    Since January 2022

 

M.P. Evans Group PLC - Non-Executive Director

·    Since July 2022

 

There is no further information required to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

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