Ceres Power Holdings plc announced that Eric Lakin will become a member of the Board of Directors with immediate effect, replacing Richard Preston who will step down from the Board on the same date. Richard will remain with Ceres for sufficient time to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities. Ceres also announced the appointment of Deborah Grimason as General Counsel and Company Secretary.

Deborah will join the Company on 17 January 2022. Reporting to the CEO Phil Caldwell, Deborah will join the Executive team and assume overall responsibility for the Legal team as well as Ceres' Corporate Governance requirements working closely with the plc Board. Previously, Deborah was General Counsel and Company Secretary at V.Group and Travis Perkins plc., before which she held senior legal and company secretarial positions at Lafarge, The BOC Group, Nokia and Royal Mail.