Ilika plc announced that with effect from September 30, 2018, Professor Sir William Wakeham will be retiring from the board of the company as a Non-Executive Director. Professor Sir William's place on the board, the nomination, audit and remuneration committees will be filled by Jeremy Millard who is expected to be joining the board on October 1, 2018 and will be offering himself for election at the forthcoming AGM on October 4, 2018. Jeremy has nearly 20 years investment banking experience and was previously a partner at Smith Square Partners LLC where he provided strategic and corporate advice to clients in the science, technology and telecommunications sectors, prior to which he headed up the technology practice at Rothschild in London. Jeremy is currently a Non-Executive Director and chairman of the audit committee of AIM-listed Idox plc as well as a Non-Executive Director of Blackbullion Limited.