ITM Power Plc (ITM Power) has appointed Graham Cooley as chief executive officer (CEO) of ITM Power with effect from June 29, 2009. Cooley has a wide experience in the development, engineering and application of energy interfaces and storage systems; indeed he developed the Regenesys energy storage technology from a lab scale experiment to an industrial scale technology and managed National Power’s polymer fuel cell technology.

Cooley has extensive experience as the CEO of technology development companies being the former CEO of Antenova, Metalysis and Sensortec. He has a Ph.D in materials technology and an MBA.

Cooley is currently a director of Sensortec Ltd, Universal Sensors Ltd, Cawood Plc and Cogswell & Harrison Ltd. Previous directorships in the last five years include Metalysis Ltd.

The board intends to grant Cooley options over 200,000 ordinary shares in the company with effect from his appointment at an exercise price of 18.25 pence per share.