AMTE Power Plc announced that, following its trading update on 23 August which referred to broadening management team plans as part of the Group's maturing status and planned transition from development into supply, Alan Hollis has been appointed to the board of the company with effect from 6 September 2022. Alan will initially work alongside the company executive management team and it is the intention of the company board that he will take on the role of chief executive officer on or around 31 October 2022, to lead the business in its next stage plans to accelerate its growth strategy. The company announce that, effective from the same date, Kevin Brundish (its CEO, who had founded the company in 2013) will remain as a board director in the capacity of Strategy Director, where he will focus on the continuing development of the company's high performance battery cells, relationships with its customers, suppliers and Government entities, in addition to participating in the strategic direction of the company.

Alan Hollis has a 20 year public company track record of developing and executing profitable growth strategies within engineering and manufacturing businesses with turnovers ranging from £4 million to £200 million. In his last two roles he was a Divisional CEO in Videndum (Vitec) Group plc from 2015 to 2021, and a Divisional President in the UK in NYSE listed Crane Co. from 2014 to 2015.

In Videndum, one of Alan's portfolio businesses was the market leading cine and broadcast battery design & manufacturer Anton Bauer. Previously, Alan held leadership roles within the automotive and aerospace component and system supply businesses Doncasters Group, Firth Rixson and the PFW Group, as well as in the materials businesses of Delloro Stellite and Weir plc.