New MD for Orridge UK Retail and Pharmacy ops

RNS Number : 8934I
Christie Group PLC
16 December 2020
 

16 December 2020

 

Christie Group plc

("Christie Group" or the "Company")

 

Orridge appoints new Managing Director for its UK Retail and Pharmacy operations

 

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, is pleased to announce that Darren Flack has been appointed Managing Director of Orridge's UK Retail and Pharmacy stocktaking businesses.

 

Darren will take up the role formally from 1st January 2021.

 

Having originally joined Orridge in 1990 and serving on the Orridge board as Client Relationship Director since 2008, Darren's knowledge of the retail stocktaking sector and his established relationships with clients will enable him to build on the significant progress made in recent months in operational performance and productivity.

 

Darren will assume formally responsibility for the businesses from 1st January 2021.

 

Commenting on the appointment, David Rugg, Chairman and Chief Executive, said: "Darren's passion for first-class service delivery and his deep experience and knowledge of retail stocktaking made him the standout candidate to take the business forwards."

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Christie Group plc


David Rugg

Chairman and Chief Executive

020 7227 0707



Daniel Prickett

Chief Operating Officer

 

020 7227 0700

Paul Harding

Orridge Group Chairman

07860 388384


Shore Capital

Antonio Bossi

Nominated Advisor and Broker


020 7408 4090

 

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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