SMARTKEM, INC. APPOINTS NIGEL PRUE AS CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER

MANCHESTER, England, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartKem, Inc. (OTCQB: SMTK), a company seeking to reshape the world of electronics with a revolutionary semiconductor platform that enables a new generation of displays, sensors and logic, has today announced the new appointment of Nigel Prue as Chief Accounting Officer.

Nigel has extensive experience implementing SOX compliance procedures and prior to joining SmartKem in 2021 worked as Director of Finance at Global Eagle Entertainment Inc, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ in the media & telecoms industry, for six years. He was also a divisional finance director at construction companies Balfour Beatty Construction and Kier May Gurney. His early career includes public practice with PwC and controllership roles at AT&T. Nigel is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of England and Wales (ICAEW).

SmartKem CEO & Chairman, Ian Jenks, comments: "Nigel has been a member of the senior leadership team at SmartKem for some time now, and we're delighted to welcome him into his new role of Chief Accounting Officer."

SmartKem's OTCQB information can be found on the OTC Markets website: www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SMTK/overview

About SmartKem 
SmartKem is seeking to reshape the world of electronics with a revolutionary semiconductor platform that enables a new generation of displays, sensors and logic. SmartKem's patented TRUFLEX® inks are solution deposited at a low temperature, on low-cost substrates to make organic thin-film transistor (OTFT) circuits. The company's semiconductor platform can be used in a number of applications including mini-LED displays, AMOLED displays, fingerprint sensors and integrated logic circuits. SmartKem develops its materials at its research and development facility in Manchester, UK, and its semiconductor manufacturing process at the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) at Sedgefield, UK. The company has an extensive IP portfolio including over 160 patents across 16 patent families. For more information, visit: www.smartkem.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @SmartKemTRUFLEX

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