ILIKA PLC

Board/Management Information • Sep 7, 2021

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Ilika plc

07 September 2021

Ilika plc

("Ilika" or the "Company")

Senior Appointments and Change of Director

Ilika (AIM: IKA), a pioneer in solid-state battery technology, is today providing an update on senior appointments and a planned change of Director.

To further support the development and commercialisation of Ilika's solid-state battery products, Ilika has made two senior additions to its management team, creating two new positions:

Goliath Operations Director - With immediate effect, Ilika has appointed Brendan McCarthy. Brendan was most recently Operations Director at the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UK-BIC) and prior to that had a long career at BMW where he held a variety of UK-based and international operational roles.

VP Product Development - With effect from 1 November 2021, Ilika has appointed Robin Bell. Robin is currently Chief Operating Officer at Inflowmatix, which has recently been acquired by Suez. Prior to that, Robin was Director of Product Development at SPI Lasers (Trumpf GmbH).

Robin will take over line management responsibility for Ilika's Stereax and Goliath product development programmes from Prof Brian Hayden, who will step down as a Statutory Director of Ilika plc at Ilika's forthcoming AGM on 22 September 2021. Brian will retain the position of Chief Scientific Officer in the Company in a consulting role which will be focussed on delivering rapid technical solutions to the development teams.

Ilika's CEO Graeme Purdy, stated, "We are delighted to welcome Brendan and Robin to our team. They will build on the product development momentum created so far and bring their substantial operational expertise to bear on the execution of our product roadmaps. We look forward to continuing our long relationship with Brian in his new technical consulting role."

For more information contact:
Ilika plc	www.ilika.com
Graeme Purdy, Chief Executive	Via Walbrook PR
Steve Boydell, Finance Director
Liberum Capital Limited (Nomad and Joint Broker)	Tel: 020 3100 2000
Andrew Godber, Cameron Duncan,
William Hall, Nikhil Varghese
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (Joint Broker)	Tel: 020 3207 8700
Emily Morris, Detlir Elezi,
Alamgir Ahmed, Milo Bonser
Walbrook PR Ltd	Tel: 020 7933 8780 / Ilika@walbrookpr.com
Lianne Cawthorne	Mob: 07584 391 303
Nick Rome	Mob: 07748 325 236
Tom Cooper	Mob: 0797 122 1972

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