Autins Group appoints Michael Jennings as interim chief exec

6th Feb 2017 10:08

(ShareCast News) - AIM-listed designer, manufacturer and supplier of acoustic and thermal insulation solutions Autins Group has appointed Michael Jennings as interim chief executive for six months with immediate effect, during which time he will also serve as a member of the main board. Jennings spent his career in industrial product and technology led businesses in the automotive, electronics and pharmaceutical sectors and, most recently, was chief executive of Hydro International, the previously AIM-quoted global environmental solutions company, from July 2013 until its takeover late last year.Prior to this, he was the managing director of the industrial and pharmaceutical divisions at BOC Group, where he led the sale of the pharmaceutical systems business from BOC to IMA Group in 2008.Following the sale, Jennings joined IMA as managing director of its pharmaceutical division. And before that, he was vice-president and general manager of the enclosure systems division at Flextronics, director at the Thermo King division of Ingersoll-Rand and plant manager in the spark plugs division of AlliedSignal, which is now part of Honeywell.At 1012 GMT, the shares were down 3.5% to 140p.