Filtronic plc announced the appointment of Richard Gibbs as CEO. Richard's formal start date with the company will be 1 September 2020. Richard is an experienced director who has led a number of business operations supplying semiconductor, RF and electronics subsystems to the telecoms, aerospace, defence, medical and oil & gas markets. Richard joins the company from Micross Components Ltd, a PE owned company, where he has been Managing Director since 2016. Prior to his time at Micross, Richard spent nine years at E2V Technologies, where he was Group Sales & marketing Director and President of the RF Product and Hi-Reliability Semiconductors Divisions, and 20 years with Honeywell, of which 10 years were spent managing overseas operations.