Umeco plc ("Umeco"), Europe`s leading provider of value-added distribution services to the aerospace and defence industries, announces that Mr. Jim Pound, 67, has retired from his role as a Non-executive Director of the company with effect from 30 September 2000, on the grounds of ill-health.
Mr. Brian McGowan, Chairman of Umeco, said:
"Jim Pound has played a very valuable role since joining the Board as a Director in 1987, and I personally have benefited from his contribution greatly since I became Chairman in 1997.
"On behalf of the Board, I thank Jim sincerely for his contribution to Umeco's affairs, and extend our very best wishes to him for the future." |