Hansen Transmissions International has announced that the appointment of Mrs Jann Brown, as Non-Executive. Director of the company has been proposed to its Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held on 26 June 2008.

Jann is Finance Director of Cairn Energy PLC, an oil and gas exploration and production company quoted on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Scotland. Cairn has operations in India and Bangladesh and assets in Nepal, Tunisia and Greenland, among other places. She served on the Group Management Board for seven years before becoming Finance Director in 2006, also taking board responsibility for employee matters and investor relations.