The Board of Directors of Noble Group Limited announced that Mr. Paul Brough has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from 6 May 2015. Mr. Brough is an Independent Non-Executive Director of GuocoLeisure Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Habib Bank Zurich (Hong Kong) Limited. He stepped down as the Chairman and CEO of Emerald Plantation Holdings Limited on 1 April 2015 and resigned from the EPHL Board on 15 April 2015; and was an Executive Director and Interim CEO of Greenheart Group Limited until he was re-designated as a Non-Executive Director of the company effective 2 April 2015.