Invensys plc announces that David Thomas, who has been Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Group since March 2011, has today been appointed to the role on a permanent basis.

Sir Nigel Rudd, Chairman of Invensys plc, commented:

“I am delighted that David will be joining the Board as Chief Financial Officer.  We carried out an extensive review of internal and external candidates and David clearly showed that he has the greatest experience and expertise for the role, which was helped by his nine years with the Group in senior CFO and CEO positions.”

Wayne Edmunds, Chief Executive of Invensys plc, commented:

“I look forward to working with David in his permanent role.  During the past four months in an acting capacity, he has shown that he is very well suited to helping me to manage the Group, both from a financial and commercial perspective.”

Contact:

Invensys plc   

Steve Devany                    tel: +44 (0) 20 3155 1301
Annabel Michie                 tel: +44 (0) 20 3155 1303            

Financial Dynamics

Andrew Lorenz
Richard Mountain              tel: +44 (0) 20 7269 7291

Note to editors:

David Thomas biography

David Thomas joined Invensys in 2002 as Group Controller, having previously been a senior partner in Ernst & Young specialising in long-term industrial contracting businesses.  At Invensys he has worked across many of our businesses and has held CFO and CEO roles within the divisions.  He was latterly SVP Business Risk with responsibility for risk management across the Group and additional responsibility for the Group’s pension schemes.  He is a member of the Auditing Practices Board.