RHI Magnesita N.V. announced that the Board will nominate Janice 'Jann' Brown, Marie-Hélène Ametsreiter and Sigalia Heifetz to be appointed by shareholders at the Company's AGM on 10 June 2021. Jann, Marie-Hélène and Sigalia have accepted their nomination as independent Non-Executive Directors and will act as observers of the Board with immediate effect. Following their appointment at the AGM, Jann will become a member of the Audit Committee and Marie-Hélène will join the Corporate Sustainability Committee. As set out in the 2020 Annual Report, from the AGM Fiona Paulus will join the Remuneration Committee and Karl Sevelda will join the Nomination Committee.Fiona Paulus will also step down from the Audit Committee. Jann started her career with KPMG, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Adviser, moving into industry in 1998 and since then has worked in a number of roles, both executive and non-executive, primarily in the energy sector but also in engineering services, manufacturing and investment management. As a result of these roles, Jann has extensive international business experience, particularly in India and the Middle East. Her listed company board experience, both as an executive and a non-executive, brings an awareness of the importance of governance, culture and strong ethics. She is an experienced financial professional and is a Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Jann is a Chartered Accountant, and also holds an Honours Degree in History from Edinburgh University. Marie-Hélène has been a General Partner with Speedinvest, a leading European Venture Capital firm, since 2014. As the lead partner of the Industrial Tech team, she drives seed stage investments in startups supporting the digitisation of Europe's Industrial sector, including manufacturing, logistics, construction and climate technology. Before Speedinvest, Marie-Hélène wasresponsible for the Corporate Sustainability Program at OMV, a leading Austrian oil and gas producer, and prior to that was CEO of the Croatian mobile telecom operator Vipnet. She has extensive skills and experience in sustainability, digitisation and automation. Sigalia served in the Israeli Air Force as Operation Room Controller and Training Commander and, close to graduating from university, she joined BDO as manager of the Professional Accounting Department. She was a member of professional committees at the Israeli Institute of CPAs until 1997, when she became a Partner at BDO until 2003. Since 2008 Sigalia has provided consulting services to international investors. She holds non-executive directorships at a number of leading public corporations across a range of sectors and industries. Previously she held non-executive positions at Golf & Co Ltd, Bet Shemesh Engines Ltd, Hadera Paper Ltd, and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd. She brings a wealth of international experience and geopolitical exposure, alongside solid business and financial acumen.
RHI Magnesita NV, formerly Rhi Mag NV, is an Austria-based company engaged in the refractory industry along the whole value chain. The Company mines, produces and sells high-grade refractory products, which are used for industrial high-temperature processes in a wide range of industries, including steel, cement, non-ferrous metals, glass, and energy, environment and chemical. The Company offers over 120,000 products made from magnesite and dolomite, ranging from bricks and lining mixes to flow control products, such as slide gates, nozzles and plugs. The Company operates over 35 production and raw material sites, a number of technology centers, including in Austria, Brazil, China and the United States, as well as over 70 sales offices around the world. In addition to the sale of refractory products and services, the Company sells certain industrial minerals, the mining and production of which are incidental to its production of refractory products.