Pires Investments PLC announced that Nicholas Lee has been appointed as a non-executive director of the company with immediate effect. Nicholas has more than 25 years of experience in international investment banking and working as a company director. Nicholas was with Dresdner Kleinwort and its antecedent firms from 1988 to 2009. Nicholas is currently executive chairman of AIM-listed Paternoster Resources plc and non-executive chairman of MX Oil plc.