Gooch & Housego plc announced the appointment of Alex Warnock as the company's Chief Operating Officer with effect from November 10, 2014. Alex, who is also appointed to the Board of Directors, joins the company from Optos plc where he was chief operating officer, a role in which he was responsible for global, multi-site operations. Alex joined Optos plc in 2008,and held other positions including chief technology officer. His experience of leading the integration of manufacturing, supply-chain, R&D and product management to successfully bring complex photonics-based new products to market is particularly relevant to the company as the company transitions to a more systems-based business.

Alex has an extensive track record in international markets and broad experience of new product introduction particularly of complex electronic products. He has held the positions of director, Global CAS Technology and Development for DePuy iOrthopaedics; divisional vice president and senior GM/VP engineering at Pace Micro Technology and European operations manager at Motorola.