Getech Group Plc announced that, following a thorough external recruitment process, Richard Bennett will join the Board of Getech as Non-Executive Director and Chairman Designate with immediate effect. After a handover period, Richard will assume the Getech Chairmanship, at which point Dr. Stuart Paton, Getech's current Chairman, will leave the Getech Board. Richard Bennett has extensive business and listed company experience over a career spanning 30 years. He has worked in executive, chairman and non-executive roles with a series of highly successful growth-focused technology and clean energy companies, currently including the AIM-quoted wireless technology company, MTI Wireless Edge. With further non-executive appointments anticipated in the coming months, to maintain the size of Getech's board and taking into account the tenure of current Non-Executive Directors, Peter Stephens will step down from Getech's Board with immediate effect.