Arria NLG plc announced the appointment of Mr. Falcon Robert Storer Clouston as an independent non-executive director of the company, with immediate effect. Falcon Clouston will serve as Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr. Clouston brings with him thirty years of extensive New Zealand capital markets experience. Mr. Clouston is a New Zealand based professional director with a wealth of governance experience having served as a director and chairman of a number of public and private companies. Mr. Clouston has also served on a number of regulatory boards including as a member of the New Zealand Markets Disciplinary Tribunal, on the appeal board of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and as a member of the New Zealand Securities Commission. As announced on 8 August 2016, with the appointment of Mr. Clouston, Mr. Michael Higgins has stepped down as a director of the Company with effect from today. Mr. Higgins has served as Arria NLG's UK based non-executive director since its admission to AIM in December 2013.