Personal Group makes two senior appointments
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Press Release |
12 June 2014 |
Personal Group Holdings plc
("Personal Group" or the "Group")
Personal Group makes two senior appointments
Personal Group, a leading provider of employee benefits, employee related insurance products and financial services in the UK, announces the appointment of Emily Cottenham as Group Head of HR and John Palman as Associate Director of Business Development.
Ms.Cottenham is an HR expert specialising in employee relations and recruitment and was previously HR Business Partner for financial services at the Home Retail Group where she was responsible for working with the financial services leadership team to define, develop and implement their people strategies. Prior to this she held a number of senior HR positions at Barclaycard and was Employee Relations Manager at Barclays as well as HR Advisor at Sema.
Mr Palman held a number of senior sales positions in the employee benefits sector prior to joining Personal Group, including Vice President of Client Business Development at Xexec, Senior Sales Consultant at Enrich Reward and Sales Manager at Benefex.
Mark Scanlon, CEO of Personal Group, commented: "I am delighted to welcome Emily and John to Personal Group. Both bring a wealth of HR and sales experience within the employee relations and benefits space. Emily and John will be a real asset to the Group and I look forward to working with them as the Company continues to expand its products and services to existing and new clients."
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For more information please contact:
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Personal Group Holdings Plc |
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Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive |
+44 (0)1908 605 000 |
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Cenkos Securities Plc |
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Max Hartley (Nomad) Russell Kerr (Sales) |
+44 (0)20 7397 8900 |
Media enquiries:
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Abchurch Communications |
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Quincy Allan / Alistair de Kare-Silver |
+44 (0)20 7398 7710 |
Notes to Editors
With a 30 year track record of looking after its customers' employees, Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a leading provider of employee benefits and employee related insurance products, offering benefits programmes to over 2 million employees across the UK.
Personal Group's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offering compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees. Personal Group's benefits offer employees an effective way of making their pay-packet stretch further. The Group tailors its packages to include insurance products such as hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection plans, as well as lifestyle benefits such as holiday and retail discounts, health and wellbeing benefits and a range of tax efficient benefits.
In March 2014, the Group acquired Lets Connect, a leader in the home technology salary sacrifice market which focuses on large enterprises in the private and public sector.
Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including transport, where it works with the likes of Network Rail and Stagecoach, healthcare, where clients include Priory Group and Spire Healthcare and logistics, with companies such as TNT Express. The Group also has a strong presence in food manufacturing and service and clients include 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.
With over 550 clients the Group has grown considerably and provides engaging and effective benefits packages across a breadth of sectors.
For further information, go to www.personal-group.com.
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