Andrew Sykes Regulatory News (ASY)

Andrews Sykes Group plc ("Andrews Sykes")

Management change

The Board announces that with effect from today's date Andrew Phillips, age 51 years, is appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Andrews Sykes. Mr Phillips will take responsibility for the financial affairs of the group reporting directly to the Board.

Andrew is a highly experienced Finance Director, having trained and qualified whilst working for a south Birmingham firm of Chartered Accountants, gaining experience across a wide range of industry sectors. After eleven years he left for a commercial role as Head of Finance, and shortly after Finance Director of international group Wanzl's UK operations which was involved in the areas of design, distribution, service and remanufacture of retail equipment. Andrew, together with the Managing Director, led the UK management team, who successfully returned an average of twenty-two per cent turnover growth per annum over a nineteen year period. Andrew's main responsibilities during this time were with the finance, IT, HR and operations functions.

Andrew does not hold any shares in Andrews Sykes Group plc. In the last 5 years Andrew was a director of the following companies:

Wanzl Limited

S.H. Holdings Limited

Storetec Limited

Symonds (UK) Limited

Airport Cart Service (ACS) Limited

Trolleywise Limited

Symonds Hydroclean (Ireland) Limited

Andrew is no longer a director of any of the above companies and there are no further disclosures to report in connection with Schedule 2 paragraph g of the AIM rules.

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