Petertee7 Nov 2013 11:40
HE NOT LACKING EXPERIENCE ---------Mr. Oliver Charles Cooke, ACA, FCCA, serves as Company Secretary and Corporate Advisor of Evolve Capital Plc. Mr. Cooke serves as a Secretary of Northland Capital Partners Limited. He served as Secretary of Astaire Group Limited. His principal focus is on the development of Evolve’s corporate potential and on the sourcing, structuring and execution of investments and other corporate transactions on the Company’s behalf. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of AfriAg plc at CarieScan Limited from July 19, 2010 to October 24, 2012. Mr. Cooke served as the Chief Financial Officer of Transware plc. He served as an Acting Finance Director of Multi Group Plc from 1992 to 1998. He is familiar with Multi Group. He Co-founded Gladstone PLC in 1999, where he served as Finance Director, Executive Director and Company Secretary until October 2001 when he moved to Transware plc and served as its Finance Director. Mr. Cooke served as the Chief Financial Officer of Transware plc. He Co-Founded Card Clear PLC. He was Partner of St Helens Capital LLP. He has served as Financial Director or as Executive Chairman on the boards of a number of AIM companies. Mr. Cooke has over 30 years of financial and business development experience gained in a range of quoted and private companies. He has over ten years experience as a Public Company Director and has considerable experience in the fields of acquisitions, disposals, fundraisings, turnarounds, restructurings and strategic transformation. He serves as an Executive Chairman of St Helens Capital Partners LLP. He has been an Executive Chairman of SocialGO PLC since May 2013 and has been its Director since May 03, 2013. Mr. Cooke served as a Non-Executive Chairman of Multi Group Plc from 1998 to May 2000 and its Executive Chairman from 1998 to May 2000. He served as an Executive Chairman of Servoca Plc. until June 7, 2007. He serves as a Director of Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited. He serves as Director of CarieScan Limited and Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited. He serves as Director of Corrib Associates. He served as an Executive Director of Multi Group plc. He served as Non-Executive Director of AfriAg plc from October 24, 2012 to May 17, 2013 and served as its Executive Director from July 19, 2010 to October 24, 2012. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Transware plc. He served as a Director of Card Clear PLC from 1991 to 1998 and Servoca Plc. until June 7, 2007. Mr. Cooke is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.