TClarke plc announced that Peter Maskell has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from the 1 January 2018. He will also join the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the company. For the last 20 years he held a number of senior management positions in both the UK and Europe. His last position at Philips was as Chairman of the UK group which had significant business interests in both the healthcare and lighting sectors. In the last 5 years, he managed the transformation of Philips' UK Lighting business from product supplier to a full service, systems and solutions provider, thus fully exploiting the opportunities and benefits offered from the advent of solid state LED lighting and fully connected digital solutions beyond just illumination.