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31 March 2016
Retirement of Chairman
ALS Limited (ASX Code: ALQ) today announced that Nerolie Withnall will not seek re-election to the Board of directors at the Company's AGM on 26 July 2016 and will retire from the Board at the conclusion of the 2016 AGM.
Mrs Withnall has been a non-executive director of the Company since December 1994 and Chairman since July 2012.
"I feel it is the right time to hand over to someone new. I will step down as Chairman following this year's AGM in July.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board, management and employees of ALS as well as ALS shareholders for their support over many years."
The Board wishes to acknowledge Mrs Withnall's significant contribution to ALS during her tenure, especially overseeing ALS' transformation from a predominately domestic manufacturing operation into a globally renowned technical testing services company.
The Board has elected Bruce Phillips to be the new Chairman, effective from the close of the 2016 AGM.
Mr Phillips joined the ALS Board as an independent non-executive director in August 2015. He is a qualified geophysicist with more than 35 years of technical, financial and managerial experience in the energy sector.
He has extensive experience as a public company director and knowledge of the Company's operations to lead the Board of ALS into the future. He founded Australian Worldwide Exploration Limited (ASX: AWE) in 1997 and was its Managing Director until his retirement in 2007. He re-joined as a non-executive director in 2009 and is currently its Chairman. Bruce is also a non-executive director of AGL Energy Limited. He was previously Chairman of Platinum Capital Limited and a non-executive director of Sunshine Gas Limited.
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Further information: Greg Kilmister Managing Director ALS Limited
+61 (7) 3367 7900
About ALS Limited
ALS is a global Testing, Inspection & Certification business. The company's strategy is to broaden its exposure into new sectors and geographies where it can take a leadership position.