Announcement • May 14
Eenergy Group plc Announces Executive Changes
eEnergy Group PLC announces the appointment of John Samuel to the Board as an independent non-executive director, with effective 13 May 2026, and that Dr Nigel Burton will not be seeking re-election at the forthcoming AGM. Nigel has served as a non-executive director for the last six years, having joined the board of Alexander Mining plc prior to the RTO of eEnergy in January 2020, and has indicated that he will not be seeking re-election at the forthcoming AGM. John Samuel is a senior finance director with over 30 years' plc experience across the technology, engineering services and construction sectors, bringing significant strategic and M&A expertise to the Company. He has held senior executive roles including 12 years as Group Finance Director at Renew Holdings plc where he led an acquisition-led growth strategy. Subsequently he was Group Finance Director at Hargreaves Services plc for over five years. His first plc appointment was at Filtronic plc where he led the flotation to the LSE in 1994 and served as Group Finance Director for 12 years. Having qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte Haskins & Sells, he was subsequently appointed Managing Partner (Leeds) at Baker Tilly before developing extensive experience with fully listed and AIM-quoted companies. John currently acts as a consultant and adviser to corporate finance organizations and private equity firms. John will become Chair of the Audit Committee upon appointment. In accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies, John William Young Strachan Samuel (aged 69) is, or has been within the previous five years, a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships: Current directorship/partnership: Eneraqua Technologies Plc, Ilkley Toy Museum Limited, D W L Engineering Services Ltd, Exbirco 1 Limited, H Technical Resources Limited, Har Transport Limited, Hargreaves (UK) Limited, Hargreaves Carbon Products Europe Limited, Hargreaves Corporate Director Limited, Hargreaves Industrial Services Limited, Hargreaves Pension Company Limited, Hargreaves Services Plc, HBR Limited, HS Australia Limited, Hs Transport Services Limited, Industry-Wide Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Co-ordinator Ltd, Industry-Wide Mineworkers' Pension Scheme Co-Ordinator Ltd, Maltby Colliery Limited, Premier Lime & Stone Company Limited, R & A Fuels Limited, R. Hanson & Son Limited, Rocfuel Limited, S & B Utilities Limited, SBU Limited, Squire Distribution Services Limited, Yorkshire Air Ambulance (Trading) Limited, Yorkshire Air Ambulance Limited, Yorkshire Air Ambulance Services Ltd. Previous directorship/partnership (last five years): C.A. Blackwell (Plant) Limited, Cenergist Limited, Eastgate Materials Handling Limited. John was a director of Cenergist Limited, having been appointed to the board on November 4, 2024, which entered administration on July 25, 2025 with current total creditor claims of c. £15.2m, and is a director of Eneraqua Technologies plc, Cenergist Limited's parent company, which entered creditors' voluntary liquidation on March 16, 2026 with an estimated deficiency to creditors of c.£8.8m.
