CPH2, announced the appointment of Paul Cassidy as Chief Technical Officer ("CTO") and Director of Clean Power Hydrogen Group Ltd. It is expected that Paul's employment will be effective from 22nd March 2023. Paul will join CPH2 from Johnson Matthey Catalyst Technologies, where he has been a Technology Manager since 2009, spending almost 10 years as the Technology Manager for Methanol and four years as the Technology Manager for Ester Hydrogenation Technologies. Paul has a wealth of knowledge in the engineering and technology field, with a track record of scaling up technologies from the laboratory to implementation at commercial scale.

Paul has significant experience and insight into the methanol industry as well as its linked application in hydrogen-based technologies and markets. Paul received a Master of Engineering from the University of Cambridge and has won multiple awards in the sector including the2016 Institution of Chemical Engineers Global Awards, Outstanding Achievement Award and Industry Project Award for Gas Heated Reforming Development and Commercialization and the 2014 Institution of Chemical Engineers Sustainable Technology Award. As CTO, Paul will be focused on getting the MFE220 into production for both CPH2 and license holders.

CPH2 will continue to work with Fabrum's Technical Director, Hugh Reynolds, who has been assisting the company on a part time basis during the search for a CTO. Hugh and the Fabrum team will continue to advise on the improvements of the cryogenics system during the handover period.