Cyril Sweett, the leading international construction and property consultancy is pleased to announce that it has appointed Nick Woollacott to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Nick, 60, is an experienced director of both listed and unlisted companies and during his career has developed, acquired and disposed of assets totalling billions of dollars as well as running an operational workforce of over 15000 people. He has been on the board of companies in the UK, USA, continental Europe, Africa and South America and has developed businesses in the Middle and Far East as well as living and working in Australia. As a Group Managing Director of Lattice plc he was previously a FTSE 100 main board director and as the former Senior Independent Director and acting Chairman of Enterprise plc, and now a Director of Goldshield plc, he also has extensive experience of working with AIM and smaller companies.

Following a degree in Physics, Nick’s career has ranged from oil trading with Shell through leading the first comprehensive assessment of renewable energy in Britain to developing, financing and running major power and gas infrastructure projects both in the UK and overseas.

At Enterprise plc he had a major role in the company’s successful move in 2004 from AIM to the main market, establishing the new board level governance arrangements and later he oversaw the process by which a private equity backed management team bought the company, significantly enhancing shareholder returns by his approach. He is now on the board of Goldshield plc, a pharmaceutical company, where he chairs the Audit Committee.

Commenting on his appointment, Nick Woollacott said:

“I am delighted to join this impressive team and look forward to helping the Group realise its potential through further significant growth following its AIM listing.”

Commenting on the appointment, Francis Ives, Chairman of Cyril Sweett, said:

"We are thrilled that Nick has joined our Board. He brings with him outstanding industry expertise and a very deep knowledge of corporate governance. The Group will benefit from Nick’s experience as we execute our rapid growth strategy."