Verditek plc, announced that Robert Richards (formerly Commercial Director) has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect and is joining the Board, subject to regulatory due diligence. Dr. Geoff Nesbitt is stepping down from the Board and will be taking the role of Chief Technology Officer. As announced on 14 April 2020, Rob is a chartered electrical engineer with over 20 years' experience in the Oil and Gas and Energy Industry.

Rob joins Verditek prior to which Rob held senior management positions in Ecolog International, FZE, Penspen Ltd, Thailand, KNM Process Systems Sdn Bhd in Malaysia and Siemens Oil and Gas, Singapore and Alstom Power. As Sales Director for the Asia Pacific region for Siemens Oil and Gas, he took the business from revenues of EUR 8 million to over EUR 340 million, while at KNM as Chief Operating Officer he helped turn the Company around to be generating over USD 150 million of revenues per annum.