Non-Executive Director Appointment

RNS Number : 3615O

IDOX PLC

10 October 2012

 



10 October 2012

IDOX plc

Non-Executive Director Appointment

The board of IDOX plc ("IDOX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Wendy Hall is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton and Dean of the Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences, a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well holding many other Fellowships, honorary degrees and awards, including from: the Royal Academy of Engineering; the Association of Computing Machinery; and the British Computer Society. She has also been given the rare honour of being made a Guest Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China and sits on the boards of the British Library and the Defence Science Technology Laboratory. Wendy is well-known as a strong and vocal advocate for women's opportunities in Science, Engineering and Technology.

Wendy has been a member of the Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology, a member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council and a council member of the EPSRC. She was the holder of an EPSRC Senior Fellowship from 1996-2002.

Wendy was also a founding director, along with Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor Nigel Shadbolt and Daniel J. Weitzner, of the Web Science Research Initiative, a research collaboration between the University of Southampton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, launched in 2006, and is now a director of the Web Science Trust.

Professor Hall has published over 400 papers in areas such as hypermedia, multimedia, digital libraries, web science and web technologies, particularly the Semantic Web. She regularly speaks at conferences and major events around the world and was the President of the Association of Computing Machinery from 2008-2010, the first person from outside America to hold this prestigious post.

Wendy also has substantial experience in the world of business and commerce having been involved in the launch of several companies including Active Navigation, Garlik and Seme4.

Commenting on her appointment Martin Brooks, Chairman of IDOX said, "We are delighted that Wendy has agreed to join our board. She brings to IDOX great expertise and insight into applying technologies to our business, particularly the innovative newer technologies associated with the web and advanced knowledge technologies. In addition, her long university experience and close links with professional development in Science, Engineering and Technology will help us understand how to secure and develop the best young talent in our industry, something very close out our hearts and which will enable us to drive the Company's successful future growth."

Professor Dame Wendy Hall added, "IDOX is an excellent example of a British technology company leading the way through innovation and original business strategy, and I am honoured to become part of its future. I am excited to be working closely with a team of such talented people and look forward to helping shape its development through the use of emergent technologies and a greater diversity in recruitment and training methods to give IDOX a clear competitive advantage."

Professor Hall holds 27,225 ordinary shares in IDOX representing approximately 0.01% of the issued share capital.

Current directorships:

British Library

C.A. Technology Limited

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

IT Innovation Centre Limited

IT Innovation Limited

SEME4 Limited

Web Science Trust

Past directorships:

None

Save as disclosed above, there is no information in relation to the appointment of Professor Dame Wendy Hall which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.

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Enquiries:

IDOX plc	[phone]
Martin Brooks, Chairman Richard Kellett-Clarke, Chief Executive
William Edmondson, Chief Financial Officer
Investec Investment Bank plc (NOMAD & Broker)	[phone]
Andrew Pinder / Patrick Robb
FinnCap (Broker)	[phone]
Stuart Andrews / Stephen Norcross
Leander (Financial PR)	[phone]
Christian Taylor-Wilkinson

About IDOX plc

IDOX plc is a supplier of specialist document management collaboration solutions and services to the UK public sector and increasingly to highly regulated asset intensive industries around the world in the wider corporate sector.

Its Public Sector Software Division is the leading applications provider to UK local government for core functions relating to land, people and property, such as its market leading planning systems and election management software. Over 90% of UK local authorities are now customers. The Group provides public sector organisations with tools to manage information and knowledge, documents, content, business processes and workflow as well as connecting directly with the citizen via the web.

Through the Information Solutions Division IDOX also supplies, predominantly to the public sector, decision support content such as grants and planning policy information as well as related specialist services.

The Engineering Information Management Division delivers engineering document management and control applications to many leading companies in industries such as oil & gas, mining, utilities, pharmaceuticals and transportation around the world.

In addition the Group provides knowledge and content management skills to customers through its TFPL branded recruitment division.

The Group employs over 450 staff located in the UK, the USA, Europe, India and Australia.

For more information see www.idoxplc.com

 

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