SRT MARINE SYSTEMS PLC

(AIM: SRT)

("SRT" or the "Company")

Appointment of Director

SRT Marine Systems plc ('SRT'), a global provider of next generation integrated maritime domain and coastal surveillance and monitoring systems for National Coast Guards and Fishery authorities is pleased to announce that Jean-Francois Bonnin ('Jeff') has joined the Executive Board of Directors as Product Management Director.

Jeff joined SRT as Product Management Director in January 2019 with the primary responsibility of driving functionality innovation in the SRT-MDA System. Professionally trained and qualified as a meteorologist and oceanographer, prior to joining SRT, Jeff spent 12 years in the French Navy rising to a senior rank and undertaking multiple missions that encompassed routine patrols, fisheries protection, anti-smuggling and anti-terrorist detection and interception. After leaving the French Navy in 2007, he worked as Regional Sales Manager at Meteogroup for the Oil & Gas Business Unit and CLS from 2015 to 2019 as a Director for sustainable fisheries, before joining SRT in 2019.  

Kevin Finn, Chairman of SRT Marine Systems, commented:

"As a technology product lead company at the leading edge of our field, important strategic product related decisions are often very significant and increasingly need to be considered at Board level. Jeff brings a unique depth of technological and field knowledge that has already helped us increase the competitive edge of our products, and will now infuse this knowledge directly at Board level thus helping us to continue to make the right strategic and tactical decisions and fully leverage our first mover advantage in the global MDA market." 

The following information regarding the appointment of Jean-Francois Bonnin (aged 45) is disclosed under Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies. In the past five years, Mr Bonnin has held the following directorships and partnerships:

As at the date of this announcement, Mr Bonnin holds no ordinary shares in the Company but has an interest in 500,000 share options.

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

About SRT Marine Systems plc:

SRT Marine Systems PLC is a global company which develops and provides integrated maritime surveillance, monitoring, management and safety systems used by coast guards, fishery authorities, infrastructure and vessel owners for the purposes of managing and controlling their maritime domain.  Applications include security, safety, search & rescue, law enforcement, fisheries management, illegal fishing detection and environment monitoring.