25 Aug 2015 07:00
25 August 2015
ATTRAQT Group plc
("ATTRAQT", the "Group" or the "Company")
Directorate Change
ATTRAQT Group plc (AIM: ATQT), a leading provider of eCommerce visual merchandising, site search and product recommendation technology, announces the intention of the Group's current finance director, David Stirling, to retire and step down from the board. David will remain involved in the day to day running of the finance function of the Company in the short term, in order to ensure an orderly handover to Mark Johnson, who will take over as finance director. It is expected that David will leave the board and Mark be appointed finance director with effect from 25 September 2015.
Mark Alasdair Smith Johnson, 45, has over 20 years of experience working with high-growth and developing companies in media, technology and service industries. A graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Mark's previous roles include various positions within the finance function of Total Office Group plc, a supplier of office furniture and ancillary services, being one of the key team members overseeing the company's admission to AIM in 1996 and Gunpowder Limited, his consultancy, where he provided services to a number of companies including De Boer, a leading provider of temporary structures. Most recently, Mark acted as head of finance, and subsequently group commercial director, of Celador Entertainment Limited, a group of companies specialising in film production, radio broadcasting and music publishing, where he was a senior board member and responsible for a broad range of business affairs, including finance, audit, HR, back office operations and liaison with external advisers.
Mark holds, or has held in the past five years, the following directorships and partnerships:
Current | |
Gunpowder Limited Long Acre Media Limited | Remakery Brixton Limited |
Previous | |
Calmwater Yacht Management Limited Celador Entertainment Limited Celador Films Limited Celador Radio Broadcasting Limited Celador Radio Limited Celador Theatrical Productions Limited Celador Radio (Andover) Limited Celador Radio (Bath) Limited Celador Radio (BCR) Limited Celador Radio (Newbury) Limited Celador Radio (Portsmouth) Limited Celador Radio (Southampton) Limited Celador Radio (South West) Limited Celador Radio (Swindon) Limited Celador Radio (Thames Valley) Limited | Celador Radio (TRL) Limited Coiledspring Games Limited Delta Radio Limited Devon Radio Ltd Ivel FM Limited Kestrel FM Limited Lusam Music Limited Media Archive Limited Midwest Radio Limited Palm FM Ltd Radio Plymouth Limited Slumdog The Musical (International) Limited Slumdog The Musical (London) Limited The Breeze Radio Limited Vale FM Limited |
Mark does not hold any shares in the capital of the Company. There is no further information that is required to be disclosed in connection with Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information, please contact:
ATTRAQT Group plc | via Newgate |
André Brown, CEO | |
David Stirling, CFO | |
N+1 Singer | Tel: 020 7496 3000 |
Shaun Dobson, Lauren Kettle, Richard Salmond | |
Newgate | Tel: 020 7680 6550 |
Tim Thompson, Adam Lloyd, Madeleine Palmstierna, Andre Hamlyn | |
About ATTRAQT
ATTRAQT launched its merchandising platform Freestyle Merchandising in 2009 which included product recommendations, site search and visual merchandising. The client base has now grown to approximately 90 clients, including Tesco Clothing (part of Tesco Plc (LSE: TSCO)), boohoo.com (LSE: BOO) and Superdry (LSE: SGP). The Company has market presence in Western Europe and the US with offices in London and Chicago. For more information please visit: http://attraqt.com/