Directorate Change

Celebrus Technologies PLC

18 December 2023

 

Celebrus Technologies plc

Directorate Change

18 December 2023

Celebrus Technologies plc (AIM: CLBS, "the Group", "Celebrus"), the AIM-listed data solutions provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Skelton as Non-Executive Chair elect with immediate effect. To ensure an orderly handover, Tom will work alongside current Group Chair, Peter Simmonds, until March 2024 when Peter will step down from the board. A further announcement will be made at the appropriate time.

Tom Skelton has over 25 years' experience in Chair and CEO roles in leading international public companies, and has extensive expertise in software and technology.

He has a proven track record in growing and scaling businesses and is currently Chair of Escher Group and ClearStar Inc., having held non-executive roles at Blancco Technology  Group plc and Micro Focus International plc.

Tom will also be a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations committees of the board.

Bill Bruno, Chief Executive Officer commented

"We are thankful for Peter's contributions to the business during his tenure at Celebrus, and it has been a pleasure to work with him since taking the CEO role. We are equally as excited to welcome Tom, who stood out amongst a fantastic list of potential candidates that were sourced as we looked for the new Chair. I'm personally very excited to work with Tom and drive Celebrus to the next level together."

Enquiries Celebrus Technologies plc Bill Bruno, Chief Executive Officer Ash Mehta, Chief Financial Officer	[phone] [e-mail]
Cavendish (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) Julian Blunt / Edward Whiley, Corporate Finance Tim Redfern, Corporate Broking	[phone]
Canaccord Genuity (Joint Broker) Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts	[phone]

About Celebrus Technologies plc

As a disruptive data technology platform, Celebrus is focused on improving the relationships between brands and consumers via better data. Celebrus redefines what digital identity verification means to power both next-level marketing and fraud prevention use cases. Deployed across 30+ countries throughout the financial services, healthcare, retail, travel, and telecommunications sectors, Celebrus automatically captures, contextualises, and activates consumer behavioral data in live-time across all digital channels. Through the addition of behavioral biometrics and AI, Celebrus empowers brands to detect and prevent fraud before it occurs. To ensure that brands can begin to improve those relationships quickly, Celebrus Cloud activates the Celebrus platform efficiently for brands in a single-tenant, private cloud capacity.

The Group has offices in the UK, USA, and India with key talent in all markets to drive the growth of the business. Celebrus is fully compliant with all major data privacy regulations and the Group is accredited to ISO27001: Information Security Management.

For more information, please see www.celebrus.com .

In accordance with Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules"), Thomas Kevin Skelton, Jr., aged 63, holds or has held in the past 5 years the following directorships and partnerships: 

Current Directorships	Past 5 Years Directorships
Escher Group Holdings Limited	Blancco Technology Group Plc
ClearStar, Inc.	Surescripts LLC
UPMC Somerset

There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to the appointment pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

 

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