Directorate Change

RNS Number : 7962V
Christie Group PLC
19 April 2021
 

19 April 2021

Christie Group plc
("Christie Group" or the "Company")

 

Directorate Change

 

Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional & Financial Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare, & education and retail sectors, announces the appointment of Simon Herrick to its Board of Directors with effect from 1 May 2021. 

Mr Herrick joins the Board as an Independent Non-Executive director, and a brief biography is set out below.

Simon has over thirty years' experience in senior finance roles in multinational FMCG, property, consultancy, food, software, manufacturing and retail sectors. His experience covers AIM and plc environments, refinancing, governance, strategy, international, capital markets, control, risk, audit and finance, pension, remuneration, business and digital transformation and driving profitable growth and cost management.

Simon is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, has an MBA and Diploma of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a B.Sc. (Hons) in Microbiology. He has held a variety of executive positions, with his most recent position being with Blancco Technology Group plc, before pursuing a career as a Non-executive Director. 

Simon currently holds two non-executive directorships, Biome Technologies plc, FireAngel Safety Technology plc and Ramsden Holdings plc and has experience of both Audit and Remuneration Committee Chair positions.

Commenting on the appointment of Mr Herrick, David Rugg, Chairman and Chief Executive, said: " We are very pleased to be welcoming Simon to our Board and we look forward to benefitting from his particular experience in the retail & technology sectors, as well as the insight we believe he will be able to bring from a career in a broad range of senior roles. "

Please refer to Annex 1 for all further disclosures relating to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Enquiries:

Christie Group plc

David Rugg

020 7227 0707

Chairman and Chief Executive
 

 

Dan Prickett

020 7227 0700

Chief Operating Officer

 


Shore Capital

Antonio Bossi / Patrick Castle  

020 7408 4090

Nominated Adviser & Broker

 

 

Annex 1

Simon Edwards Herrick (age 57) is, or has been in the previous five years, a director or partner of the following companies:

 

Current directorships

Previous directorships

 

 

Biome Technologies plc

53Herrick Ltd

FireAngel Safety Technology plc

Blancco Technology Group plc

Ramsdens Holdings plc

Blancco Central Services Limited

Herrick Inc Limited

Blancco U.S LLC

Sports Punk Limited

Blancco (Software) Services Limited

 

Blancco - UK Limited

 

Blancco Trustees Limited

 

Blancco Finance Ltd

 

Mr Herrick has no beneficial interest in the ordinary shares of the Company.

 

There are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
 

Notes to Editors:

Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 40 offices across the UK and Europe, catering to its specialist markets in the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare & education and retail sectors.

 

Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional & Financial Services (PFS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PFS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.

 

Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering valued services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.

 

For more information, please go to  www.christiegroup.com .

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