Appointment of non-board interim CFO

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Blackbird plc has announced the appointment of Adrian Wilding as its non-board interim Chief Financial Officer, effective September 7, 2026. Wilding is an ICAEW-qualified chartered accountant with over 20 years of senior finance and leadership experience in various growth-stage businesses, including those in the software, payments, fintech, and SaaS sectors. This appointment is a key management change for the company, which develops and licenses cloud-native video editing platforms.

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Blackbird PLC
07 September 2026
 

7 September 2026

 

Blackbird plc

(the "Company")

 

Appointment of non-board interim Chief Financial Officer

 

Blackbird plc (AIM: BIRD), the developer of the browser-based collaborative video editor elevate.io, the technology licensor and the developer and seller of market-leading cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, today announces that Adrian Wilding has been appointed the Company's non-board interim Chief Financial Officer.

Adrian is an ICAEW-qualified chartered accountant (ACA), experienced CFO and former CEO with over 20 years of senior finance and leadership experience across AIM-quoted, private equity-backed and growth-stage businesses. He has held senior roles across software, payments, fintech and SaaS businesses, including businesses at a similar stage to Blackbird plc.

 

Enquiries:

 

Blackbird plc

Ian McDonough, Executive Chairman

 

Tel: +44 (0)20 8879 7245

 



Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker)

Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656

Nick Naylor / David Asquith (Corporate Finance)

Amrit Nahal (Equity Sales)


 

 

 

About Blackbird plc

 

Blackbird plc operates in the fast-growing SaaS, Media and Entertainment and content creation markets.  Blackbird plc's patented technology allows for frame accurate navigation, playback, viewing and editing in the cloud and it has two products. BlackbirdⓇ a market leading suite of cloud-native computing applications, is used by rights holders, broadcasters, sports and news video specialists, live events and content owners, post production houses, other mass market digital video channels and corporations.

elevate.io is the company's new online collaborative content creation platform currently in general release. elevate.io is built using Blackbird's core technology and is aimed at professional teams and the fast growing Creator Economy.

Blackbird plc also licenses its core video technology, under its 'Powered by Blackbird' licensing model, enabling video companies to accelerate their path to true cloud business models.

www.blackbirdplc.com www.blackbird.video  

www.linkedin.com/company/blackbird-cloud  www.twitter.com/blackbirdcloud  www.facebook.com/blackbirdplc  www.youtube.com/c/blackbirdcloud

www.elevate.io

 

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