Kromek Group PLC - Directorate Change

8 May 2025

Kromek Group plc 

("Kromek" or the "Company" or the "Group") 

Directorate Change

Kromek Group plc (AIM: KMK), a leading developer of radiation and bio-detection technology solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection segments, announces that Claire Burgess will be appointed as a Director, Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") and Company Secretary of the Group and that Paul Farquhar is retiring and will therefore resign as a Director, CFO and Company Secretary of the Group, both with effect from 1 June 2025. Ms. Burgess will join Kromek on 12 May 2025 to allow for a period of handover ahead of her assuming her new role.

Claire Burgess has spent over 12 years in senior financial positions in businesses in the UK and US, primarily in the engineering and technology sectors. Most recently, Ms. Burgess was Financial Director of Advanced Electric Machines Group Ltd ("AEM"), a designer and manufacturer of magnet-free electric powertrain technologies. Other experience includes being CFO of group companies JB Processing and TBGS Holdings and being responsible for establishing and building the US subsidiaries, including the acquisition of the Alabama White Marble Quarry. She is a qualified Fellow Chartered Accountant, having begun her career as an auditor at Ernst & Young before joining KPMG as a Corporate Finance Executive. 

Rakesh Sharma OBE FREng, Chairman of Kromek, said: "On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Paul for his contribution to Kromek. The business is in a fundamentally stronger position than when he joined, and we wish him all the best for his retirement. I would also like to welcome Claire to Kromek and to the Board. Her experience with growing technology and engineering-based companies with international operations is well-suited to the Kromek of today. We look forward to benefiting from her expertise as we continue to execute on our strategy."

Other than as set out below, there are no other matters required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies as regards Ms. Burgess' appointment. Ms. Burgess does not have an interest in the ordinary shares of the Group.

Claire Louise Burgess (née Dyson)

The following information regarding the appointment of Claire Burgess, aged 51, is disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Ms. Burgess does not hold any shares in Kromek.

There are no further disclosures to be made under Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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Kromek Group plc 

Kromek Group plc is a leading developer of radiation detection and bio-detection technology solutions for the advanced imaging and CBRN detection segments. Headquartered in County Durham, UK, Kromek has manufacturing operations in the UK and US, delivering on the vision of enhancing the quality of life through innovative detection technology solutions.  

The advanced imaging segment comprises the medical (including CT and SPECT), security and industrial markets. Kromek provides its OEM customers with detector components, based on its core cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) platform, to enable better detection of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's, contamination in industrial manufacture and explosives in aviation settings.  

In CBRN detection, the Group provides nuclear radiation detection solutions to the global homeland defence and security market. Kromek's compact, handheld, high-performance radiation detectors, based on advanced scintillation and solid-state readout technology, are primarily used to protect critical infrastructure, events, personnel and urban environments from the threat of 'dirty bombs'.  

The Group is also developing bio-security solutions in the CBRN detection segment. These consist of fully automated and autonomous systems to detect a wide range of airborne pathogens.  

Kromek is listed on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange, under the trading symbol 'KMK'.