New boss for leading Horsham-based fuel cell technology firm

Warren Finegold is to take over as chairman of Ceres Power, based in Foundry Lane, from previous chairman Alan Aubrey, who is standing down.

Mr Aubrey, who has been chairman since December 2012 will remain a non-executive director and will retire from the board in September.

Robert Trezona, a non-executive director who has served on the board since 2012, is to also step down from his role.

New chairman Warren Finegold joined the board of Ceres in March as an independent non-executive director. He has spent more than 20 years in investment banking and 10 years on the Vodafone Group Executive Committee.

He said: “I am delighted to succeed Alan Aubrey as chairman. Ceres is an excellent business, with a unique technology and a highly committed team of people. It faces an enormous opportunity to provide fuel cell technology to many industrial and domestic sectors at a time when the need for clean energy has never been clearer to governments, industry and consumers.”

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