Directorate Changes and Update

RNS Number : 5438L
Altitude Group PLC
28 April 2015
 



ALTITUDE GROUP PLC

("Altitude", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Directorate Changes and Update

 

 

Altitude announces certain changes to the Board of the Company and a restructuring of the operations of the Group.

 

Board changes

 

Richard Sowerby, who was previously Finance Director, has been appointed Executive Chairman; Vicky Robinson, who is Managing Director of the Company's subsidiary, Trade Only Limited, has been appointed Group Managing Director and Peter Hallett has been appointed a Non-Executive Director.  In addition, Martin Varley has been re-appointed to the Board in the role of Group Commercial Director.

 

Stephen Yapp has left the Board in order to pursue other business opportunities.

 

Vicky Robinson has worked for Altitude for over ten years and has most recently been responsible for the successful UK Exhibitions, Technology and Information businesses.  She has an MBA from Manchester Business School and has over 20 years' experience within the markets that Altitude operates.  Vicky is the beneficial owner of 652,158 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 1.5% of the issued share capital.

 

Peter Hallett is an experienced public company director and was until early 2014 Group Chief Financial Officer of both Redcentric plc ("Redcentric"), the AIM-quoted UK network and cloud managed service provider, and Castleton Technology plc ("Castleton"), the AIM-quoted infrastructure and network managed services provider.  Castleton was previously named Redstone plc ("Redstone"), from which Redcentric was demerged in April 2013.  Peter played an instrumental role in the demerger process, which was the culmination of a successful and complex turnaround of Redstone commencing on his appointment in 2009.  In addition Peter was previously finance director of Texas Homecare and First Quench.

 

Update

 

The Board is in the process of implementing a restructuring of the Group's operations in order to enhance efficiency and reduce overheads.  The restructuring will include a combination of business units and will result in a number of redundancies.

 

The Board expects that the restructuring can be achieved without an impact on levels of business and will result in a material reduction in ongoing costs.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Altitude Group plc


Richard Sowerby (Executive Chairman)

Tel: 07525 220876



WH Ireland Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Tel: 0113 394 6600

Tim Feather

Liam Gribben


 

 

APPENDIX

 

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Victoria Ann Robinson, aged 39, is currently a director of the following companies:

 

The Advertising Products Group Limited

Boxcam Limited

Charles Franklin Limited

Customer Focus Exhibitions Limited

Promoserve Business Systems Limited

Trade Only Limited

Trade Only Technology Services Limited

 

 

Peter John Hallett, aged 57, is, or has been within the previous five years, a director of the following companies:

 

Current

Previous



Paradigm Global (Holdings) Limited

Caltell Communications Limited

Paradigm Global Services (UK)

Castleton Communications Limited


Castleton Technology Plc


Compass Communications Technical Services Limited


Compass Telecom Limited


Comunica Group Limited


Dialnet Plc


Essential Network Solutions Limited


Fastnet Consulting Services Limited


Fastnet Group Limited


Fastnet Systems Plc


Fenfones Communications Limited


Genesis Telecommunications Limited


IDN Telecom Limited


Independent Digital Networks Limited


Isomatrix Uk Limited


Lend Lease Construction Management Services (One) Limited


Marcom Communications Limited


Net Quest Solutions Limited


Pure Networks Limited


Redcentric Managed Solutions Limited


Redstone Converged Solutions Limited


Redstone Group Holdings Limited


Redstone I4E Limited


Redstone Telecom Holdings Limited

 

 

Martin Roy Varley aged 52, is, or has been within the previous five years, a director of the following companies:

 

Current

Previous



Artworktool LLC.

Advertising Gifts.net Limited

Trade Only Limited

Altitude Group plc

Trade Only Technology Services Limited

Business Gifts Limited


Corporate Gifts Limited


Corporate Solutions (UK) Limited


Silent Kite Limited

 

Martin is the beneficial owner of 11,472,559 ordinary shares in the Company, representing 26.7% of the issued share capital.

 

 

There are no further disclosures required in accordance with the AIM Rules.


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