Board Appointment
ARCONTECH
GROUP PLC
(“Arcontech”
or the “Company”)
Board appointment
Arcontech (AIM: ARC), the provider of
products and services for real-time financial market data processing and
trading, is pleased to announce that Geoff Wicks will join the Board as a
Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. It is anticipated that Mr Wicks
will succeed Richard Last as Non-Executive Chairman following the Company’s
AGM, expected to be held in September 2020.
Mr Wicks was most recently Chairman of ULS
Technology plc, the provider of online technology platforms for the UK
conveyancing and financial intermediary markets. Prior to this, he was CEO of
Group NBT plc, a specialist in online brand protection and digital asset
management, from 2001 until he led the sale of the business to HgCapital in
2011. He remained part of the Group NBT business, now renamed NetNames, as a
non-executive director until 2013. Mr Wicks spent much of his earlier career at
Reuters, including heading divisions in the UK, France and Nordic regions and
latterly was director of corporate communications. Prior to Reuters, Geoff
worked in the banking and insurance industries.
The following information regarding the
appointment of Geoffrey Alan Wicks (aged 71) is required to be disclosed under
Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:
Current directorships and/or partnerships |
Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years) |
Raggleswood Residents Association Limited |
Castlecombe Primary School |
ULS Technology plc | |
There are no further disclosures to be
made under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Enquiries: |
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Arcontech Group plc | |
Richard Last, Chairman and Non-Executive Director | 07713 214484 |
Matthew Jeffs, Chief Executive | 020 7256 2300 |
finnCap Ltd (Nomad & Broker) | 020 7220 0500 |
Carl Holmes/Simon Hicks (corporate finance) Camille Gochez (ECM) |
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To access more information on the Group please visit: www.arcontech.com |
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The
information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for
the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.