Appointment of CFO

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Quixant PLC
08 July 2021
 

8 July 2021

Quixant plc

("Quixant" or the "Group")

Appointment of CFO

Quixant (AIM:QXT), a leading provider of innovative, highly engineered technology products principally for the global gaming and broadcast industries, is pleased to announce that Johan Olivier will join the business as Chief Financial Officer on 31st August 2021 and will be appointed to the Board.

 

Johan joins the business from XP Power, the FTSE250 designer and manufacturer of power components, where he operated as Group Finance Director for three years and was responsible for financial planning, reporting and treasury functions.  Johan also served as XP Power's Acting CFO while the company was seeking a permanent candidate.  Prior to this, Johan held finance roles at Logica plc and Finastra after beginning his career in public practice. Johan is a certified Chartered Accountant.

 

Johan will take over from Andrew Jarvis, Interim CFO, who will stay with the business until the end of the year to help with an orderly handover.

 

Francis Small, Chairman of Quixant, commented: "We are delighted to be bringing Johan onto the Board and to have attracted someone of his calibre.  His tenure during several years of impressive growth at XP Power puts him in excellent stead to support Quixant's ambitious growth plans.  On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Andrew for his hard work and contribution to Quixant over the last year, which have helped navigate the business through unprecedent global conditions."

 

 

Quixant plc

Jon Jayal, Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Jarvis, Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

Tel: +44 (0)1223 892 696

Nominated Adviser and Broker:

finnCap Ltd

Matt Goode / Simon Hicks (Corporate Finance)

Alice Lane (ECM)

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Joint Broker:

Canaccord Genuity Limited

Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts

 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8000

Financial PR:

Alma PR

John Coles / Hilary Buchanan / Kieran Breheny

Tel: +44 (0)20 3405 0205

 

About Quixant

Quixant, founded in 2005, designs and manufactures highly optimised computing solutions and monitors principally for the global gaming and broadcast industries. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge in the UK, with offices throughout Europe, North America and Asia.  Quixant has its own manufacturing and engineering operation based in Taiwan and software engineering and customer support teams based in Italy and Slovenia. All the specialised products software and manufacturing are produced in-house and Quixant owns all its own IP some of which is protected by patents and design rights.

In November 2015 Quixant acquired Densitron Technologies plc. Densitron has a strong heritage in the sale of electronic display solutions to global industrial markets. Through Densitron's experienced sales team, Quixant has a robust platform to build its business into wider industrial markets. In-depth information on the Company's products, markets, activities and history can be found on the corporate website at www.quixant.com.

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("MAR"), and is disclosed in accordance with the company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

 

The following information regarding the appointment of Johannes Jacobus Olivier, aged 43, is disclosed under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Current directorships and/or partnerships:

Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years):

None

Misys Finance Limited

ACT Sigmex Limited

Turaz Limited

Misys Group Holdings Limited

Misys International Banking Systems (CIS) Limited

Misys Services Limited

ACT Overseas Limited

Finastra Subco Limited

Finastra International Limited

Finastra UK Limited

Misys India Holdings Limited

Finastra Europe Limited

Finastra Holdings Limited

Misys Africa Limited

Misys International Limited

Finastra Global Limited

Finastra Group Holdings Limited

Finastra Global Operations Limited

ACT Pension Trustees Limited

Fundtech Financial Messaging Ltd

Payactive Limited

Accountis Europe Ltd

Intersoftware UK Limited

Fundtech UK Limited

Intersoftware Bureaux Limited

 

 

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