15 Dec 2000
Fairey Group announces that, after the Annual General Meeting in May 2001, Sir Robin Biggam (62), who joined the Board in 1995 prior to becoming non-executive Chairman in 1996, will retire and will be succeeded by John Poulter (58), the Chief Executive.
Hans Nilsson (45), who joined Fairey in 1997 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in 1999, will become Chief Executive. Prior to joining Fairey, he was European Managing Director of Flextronics International with previous appointments at Hewlett Packard, Mars Electronics and ABB. He is an electronic engineering graduate with an MBA from Stanford.
