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Deepverge PLC
01 February 2021
1 February 2021
DeepVerge PLC
("DeepVerge" or "the Company")
DeepVerge appoints former IBM Legal Counsel, Fiona Joyce, as in-house lawyer and
company secretary
Strengthens management support to Executives to meet expansion plans of all DeepVerge divisions
Skin Trust Club opens pre-registration for A.I. personalised skincare App and Home Test Kit
DeepVerge (LSE:DVRG.L), the environmental and life science AI company, announces the appointment of Fiona Joyce LLB as Legal Counsel and Company Secretary of DeepVerge with immediate effect and the pre-launch registration for Skin Trust Club Artificial Intelligent (A.I.) Skincare App and Home Test Kit .
Skin Trust Club opens pre-registration for the launch of Labskin's revolutionary A.I. personalised skincare subscription service, customised and derived from a home test kit, lab tested and linked to the environment via a free smartphone App that identifies ingredients that suit the customers unique skin microbiome.
Fiona joins DeepVerge with more than 20 years' experience as Country Counsel for Ireland for IBM. During her tenure, she established and managed a legal hub in Dublin for 30 international lawyers who delivered transactional services to international IBM entities. In addition, Fiona was Company Secretary for all IBM entities in Ireland with responsibility for corporate governance and compliance. The scope of her role at IBM ranged from specialising in channel sales for all of EMEA, including deals such as the $1.9 billion sales of IBM software product to HCL Technologies, to working with the board of directors in leading a corporate restructuring valued at EUR1.3 billion.
The Company also announces the appointment of Rory Kirwan ACA QFA, who will manage subsidiary audits and associated corporate activity. Rory worked in accounting practice and banking across the Audit and Corporate Finance departments of Crowe, one of the Top 10 accountancy and business advisory firms in Ireland and part of the Crowe Global Network.
Gerard Brandon CEO of DeepVerge commented:
"We are delighted and fortunate to welcome these two exceptional individuals to the DeepVerge management team. Fiona's international legal expertise and experience across a variety of areas at IBM including managing M&A will be invaluable to DeepVerge delivering a robust global corporate infrastructure. Under Fiona's guidance, the legal, financial and corporate structures are now in place to accommodate the Company's rapid expansion across three Continents.
"Today we also announce the opening of pre-registration for The Skin Trust Club, (www.skincaretrust.com) the world's first personalised daily skincare smartphone App that combines 13 years of scientific data from our Labskin division and a home test kit to capture the user's skin microbiome. Artificial intelligence is used to analyse, match and recommend the best skincare ingredients to suit daily sk