The board of Dialight plc announced that Michael Sutsko has stepped down as Group Chief Executive and from the Board with immediate effect. Martin Rapp been appointed Group Chief Executive on a permanent basis with immediate effect. Marty joined Dialight as a Non-Executive Director on 26 April 2016.

He served as Chief Executive Officer of Laird Technologies Inc. from 2001 until 2011, having held various management roles, including Managing Director and Executive Director, at Laird plc since joining in 1996. Previously, Marty held engineering, marketing and management positions with Monsanto, a chemical company, from 1981 to 1996, and served as a Non-Executive Director of Cascade Microtech Inc. from 2014 to 2016 and as a Non-Executive Director of Kionix Inc., from 2006 to 2009. Marty will step down as a member and Chairman of Dialight's Remuneration Committee and cease to be a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees with immediate effect.

Stephen Bird, the Senior Independent Director, will replace Marty as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee with Gaelle Hotellier joining the Remuneration Committee. The Board will commence the search for an additional non-executive director in due course.