Appointment of Chief Information Officer

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Personal Group Holdings PLC

23 April 2013

 



Press Release

23 April 2013

Personal Group Holdings plc

("Personal Group" or the "Company")

Appointment of Chief Information Officer

Personal Group Holdings (AIM:PGH), a leading provider of employee benefits, employee related insurance products and financial services in the UK,  is pleased to announce the appointment of Ashley Doody as Chief Information Officer with immediate effect.

Ashley brings considerable experience having started his career with Hoskyns Group in 1992 where he ran large systems development and integration projects for a number of organisations. He went on to spend 17 years at Thomson Reuters, most recently as Chief Technology Officer of the UK Legal Information business unit there.  In this role Ashley implemented a SAP solution and led the creation and development of a number of online technology platforms and products for the legal industry.

Ashley has spent the last two years at Motability Operations as Head of Development where he was responsible for running the technology development teams and developing the company's online presence.

Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive Officer of Personal Group, said: "We are pleased to welcome Ashley to Personal Group at this important stage of the Company's development.  The newly created role of Chief Information Officer will be an integral part of the management team and is indicative of Personal Group's innovative approach to technology and our commitment to interacting in the most engaging way with our customers and policyholders. 

"We look forward to working with Ashley and to the new dimension that he will bring to the management team."

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
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Notes to editors:

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a leading provider of employee benefits and financial services, working with blue chip corporates across the UK since the Group was established in 1984. 

The Group's integrated benefits and insurance programmes offer employers a cost effective means of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  Personal Group's tailored employee benefits packages include insurance products such as hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection plans; lifestyle benefits such as holiday and retail discounts; flexible benefit programmes; and a range of tax efficient benefits such as childcare vouchers. 

In total Personal Group offers access to benefits to over 1.2 million employees, and clients include 3663, Northumbrian Water Limited, Pirelli, Starwood Hotels TNT, UK Mail, Regatta, Road Chef and Vinci Construction.  Against a backdrop of the government's focus on increasing the responsibility of the individual in terms of lifestyle protection and insurance products, Personal Group enables the employer to put the structure in place for their employees to achieve this more easily. 

The Group boasts considerable financial strength, with a track record of profitable organic growth since 1986, as well as a strong pipeline of new business. For the year to 31 December 2012 the Group reported revenue of over £27 million and underlying PBT of £9.4 million.  With a strong balance sheet and a progressive dividend policy, Personal Group is focused on increasing the momentum in its sales activity and investing in the business to drive future growth. 

Personal Group is headquartered in Milton Keynes, listed on AIM in 2000 and today employs over 175 people.

For further information, go to www.personal-group.com.

 

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