SimplyBiz Group PLC (The) Directorate Change (5611M)
09 Gennaio 2019 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSBIZ
RNS Number : 5611M
SimplyBiz Group PLC (The)
09 January 2019
9 January 2019
The SimplyBiz Group plc
(the "Company" or "SimplyBiz")
Directorate change
Appointment of Gary Hughes as Senior Independent Non-Executive
Director
SimplyBiz (AIM: SBIZ), the leading independent provider of
compliance and business services to financial advisers and
financial institutions in the UK, is pleased to announce the
appointment of Gary Hughes as Senior Independent Non-Executive
Director and member of the Audit Committee with effect from 8
January 2019. Gary will be appointed as Head of the Audit Committee
following the announcement of the results for the year ended 31
December 2018.
Gary Hughes qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst and
Whinney before moving to take up industry roles which included
finance director at Forte Plc, Emap Plc and Gala Coral Group.
Whilst holding these executive positions, Gary was also a
Non-Executive Director and chaired the audit committee for each of
J Sainsbury Plc, for 10 years, and Booker Group Plc, for two years.
Gary also held a senior position at Apax Partners and advised at
board level for a number of their investments. Since leaving Apax
in 2018, Gary has taken up a number of non-executive director
appointments.
Ken Davy, Non-Executive Chairman, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Gary to the SimplyBiz Board. He
brings a wealth of public company experience and will complement
the range of skills we currently have on the Board. We all look
forward to working with Gary."
Additional Information
The following information is being disclosed pursuant to Rule 17
and paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Gary William Hughes, aged 56, is, or has during the last five
years been, a director or partner of the following companies and
partnerships:
Current directorships/partnerships Former directorships/partnerships
within last five years
Rocks Basketball Limited Scottish Football Association
Scottish Event Campus Limited Limited
QD Events Limited Booker Group Limited
Premier Farnell Limited
Smart Technologies (GB) Limited
The People's Operator Plc
J Sainsbury Plc
Matomy Media Group Limited
Smart Technologies Corporation
Apax Partners LLP
Majid Al Futtaim, Retail LLP
General Healthcare Group Limited
GHG 2008 (Unrestricted Subsidiary)
Limited
GHG 1 (Hospital Operations)
Limited
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Gary Hughes was a Director of Suitcase Two Limited and Suitcase
Three Limited, part of the Gala Coral group of companies ("Gala
Coral Group"), having been recruited to assist with a material
restructuring of the Gala Coral Group which completed in June 2010.
Gary was part of the rescue management team that successfully
negotiated a significant debt for equity swap that facilitated the
wider group to be restructured in order that it could continue to
trade, saving many jobs. As part of the wider group restructuring,
Suitcase Two Limited and Suitcase Three Limited were subject to
voluntary creditor liquidations.
There are no further disclosures required to be made in respect
of Gary Hughes' appointment.
For further information please contact:
The SimplyBiz Group plc via Instinctif Partners
Matt Timmins (Joint Chief Executive
Officer)
Neil Stevens (Joint Chief Executive
Officer)
Zeus Capital (Nominated Adviser and
Sole Broker) +44 (0) 20 3829 5000
Martin Green
Andrew Jones
Pippa Hamnett
Instinctif Partners +44 (0) 20 7866 7938
/ SimplyBiz@instinctif.com
Giles Stewart
Rachel Cashmore
Notes to editors
With over 3,600 member firms in the UK, SimplyBiz is a leading
independent provider of compliance and business services to
financial advisers, including directly authorised IFAs, directly
authorised mortgage advisers, workplace consultants and directly
authorised consumer credit brokers. It also provides marketing and
promotion, product panelling and co-manufacturing services to more
than 135 financial institutions, through access to its
membership.
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