The board of directors of Techtronic Industries Company Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Johannes-Gerhard Hesse as an Independent Non-executive Director of the company with effect from 1 October 2016. Mr. Hesse's professional career turned global in 1988 when joining RJ Reynolds International, a division of RJR Nabisco Inc., where he henceforth held market research and marketing positions in Germany, its regional headquarters in Switzerland and the Czech Republic. The Board of the company announced that Mr. Stephan Horst Pudwill, an existing Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the company with effect from 1 October 2016.