Tekcapital plc Salarius Ltd Appoints CEO (3847W)
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1 August 2018
Tekcapital plc
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Salarius Ltd Appoints CEO
Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), the UK intellectual property (IP)
investment group focused on creating marketplace value from
university technology, announces that its portfolio company
Salarius Ltd ("Salarius"), the developer and producer of Microsalt;
a proprietary and patented low-sodium salt product, has appointed
Victor H. Manzanilla as its CEO.
Mr. Manzanilla has significant business management experience in
Fortune 500 companies. His expertise is focused on building and
leading teams, developing and strengthening both new and global
brands and delivering financial performance.
Mr. Manzanilla previously served as Marketing Director for
Office Depot(R), a leading provider of business services and
supplies, products and technology solutions through its fully
integrated omni-channel platform of approximately 1,400 stores.
Additionally, Victor enjoyed a 12-year career at Procter &
Gamble(TM) , holding several positions including Home Care
Marketing Innovation Manager and Brand Manager for Global New
Business Development for Febreze(R).
More recently, Victor served as CEO of VHM Global Research. He
has authored two books published by HarperCollins, Awaken Your
Inner Hero and Your Moment is Now, and writes a blog which has more
than 1M followers.
Concomitant with his appointment, Mr Manzanilla has purchased
2.5% of the shares of Salarius through his consulting firm VHM
Global Research for $50,000. Following this purchase, Tekcapital
owns 97.5% of the share capital of Salarius.
Dr. Clifford Gross, Chairman at Tekcapital commented: "We are
delighted that Salarius has appointed Victor Manzanilla as its CEO.
We believe he is a remarkable individual with the skills and
experience necessary to build a global brand utilizing Salarius'
proprietary low-sodium technology. Now more than ever, consumers
require healthy options to improve their wellbeing and Salarius'
goal is to enable them to have these choices with significantly
less sodium. We consider the appointment of Victor Manzanilla as a
significant milestone in the development and commercialization of
Salarius."
About Salarius, Ltd.
Salarius has developed a patented process for producing the
world's smallest edible salt crystals. Use of these crystals for
topical food applications can deliver all of the flavour customers
expect with about half of the sodium versus traditional salt. The
mission of Salarius is to commercialize low-sodium Microsalt to
improve the nutritional content of food and the health of
individuals worldwide. To learn more, please visit
www.salarius.co.
For further information, please contact:
Tekcapital plc Via Walbrook PR
Clifford M Gross, Ph.D.
finnCap Ltd (Nominated Adviser
and Joint Broker) + 44 (0) 20 7220 0500
Geoff Nash / Max Bullen-Smith (Corporate
Finance)
Alice Lane/Camille Gochez (ECM)
Dowgate Capital Stockbrokers (Joint
Broker) +44 (0) 1293 517744
David Poutney / James Serjeant
Walbrook PR Ltd +44 (0) 20 7933 8780
Paul Cornelius / Sam Allen / Nick tekcapital@walbrookpr.com
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Tekcapital's objective is to create value from investing in new,
university-developed intellectual properties. Additionally, using
its proprietary discovery search engine, linked to 4,500+
universities in 160 countries, coupled with expert scientific
review, Tekcapital provides a range of IP investment services to
make it easy for organisations to find, evaluate, acquire and
license university-developed technology. Tekcapital plc is quoted
on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (AIM: symbol TEK)
and is headquartered in Oxford, in the UK. For more information,
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