Filtronic plc announced the appointment of Peter (Pete) Magowan as a Non-Executive Director of the Company with immediate effect. Pete is an experienced board executive, having served on the main board of ARM Holdings plc and Superscape plc, during the course of a career working in global technology companies. Pete also previously served as the Head of Energy Investments at Fidelity International. Pete's early operational career was in sales and marketing at leading technology companies. It is intended that Pete will chair the Company's Remuneration Committee and will be a member of both the Audit and Nominations Committees.