Equipmake Holdings - Appointment of Business Development Director

RNS Reach - non-regulatory announcement

8 April 2024

Equipmake Holdings plc

("Equipmake" or the "Company")

Appointment of Business Development Director

Highlights:

·    Glenn Saint joins Equipmake having held multiple senior leadership positions at EV start-up Arrival and bus manufacturer Optare.

·    Highly experienced executive intended to support Equipmake's further growth in the commercial vehicle electrification sector. 

Equipmake, the UK-based engineering specialist pioneering the development and production of electrification products across the automotive, aerospace, bus, and coach industries, announces the appointment of Glenn Saint as Business Development Director. 

Working across Equipmake's national and international operations, Mr Saint's appointment (a non-board role) is intended to provide further support for the Company's continuing expansion across the commercial vehicle electrification sector.

Mr Saint has extensive experience in both the bus industry and electrified commercial vehicle space, having held key leadership roles most recently over the last six years at electric commercial vehicle start-up Arrival, including Chief of Commercial Vehicles. In his twenty-five-year career, Saint also spent 17 years at bus manufacturer Optare, where he was Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Ian Foley, CEO of Equipmake, commented: "Glenn has a great amount of experience in both the electrified commercial vehicle and bus sectors, and I am delighted to announce his appointment as Business Development Director. He brings with him over twenty-five years of collective experience in these sectors and will further support Equipmake's expansion plans targeting further growth in the provision of state-of-the-art electrification solutions to the bus, coach and heavy vehicle industries."

Glenn Saint, Business Development Director of Equipmake, commented: "Over the last five years Equipmake has created a great reputation thanks to its in-house developed electrification systems for buses, coaches and heavy vehicles. I am proud and delighted to join Equipmake at what I believe is an exciting time for the business and am fully focused on being part of the expansion as the mobility industry transitions to zero emissions."

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