Last checked at 22 Oct 2009 07:00
22 October 2009
AIM Investments plc
("AIM Investments" or 'the Company')
Directorate Change
The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Hume-Kendall as Non-Executive Chairman with immediate effect.
Simon has extensive public company board experience having served as a director on a number of FTSE listed companies. He is currently an Ambassador in the Kent & Sussex Region for Clydesdale Bank Plc and held the Chair of the regional Ambassadors between 2005 and 2008. He has a number of personal business interests such as Lamberhurst Vineyard and Bewl Water both in Kent, which earned him the West Kent Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2008/2009.
In 2008, Simon sold his Kent-based Hop Farm and associated businesses. In 1991, he sold Tower Heritage Hotels, the chain of 7 hotels he founded in 1985. Prior to his involvement in the leisure industry, Simon spent 25 years in the shipping industry and was co-founder of Burren Energy plc. He was involved in a number of shipping groups such as Anon, Seascope, Norex and Appledore. Simon was a Director, and at one time Vice President, of Crystal Palace football club throughout the 1990s. He is also the Chair of the Tunbridge Wells' Conservative Party Group and Deputy Chair of the South East's Conservative Party Group.
Simon Hume-Kendall holds no shares in the Company.
Simon Hume-Kendall's directorships (current and held within the previous five years) are as follows:
Current Directorships
Bewl Water Boating Limited
Bewl Water Fishing Limited
Kent & Sussex attractions Limited
Lake District Cabins Ltd
Lamberhurst Estate Limited
Lamberhurst Holdings Limited
LV Management Limited
Northern Attractions LLP
RISC Holdings Ltd
Past Directorships
BWM Associates Limited
BRN Realisations Limited
Central Technical Unit Holdings plc
English Wines Group Plc
Grapevine Oast Limited
Hop Farm Enterprises Limited
Hop Farm Real Estate Limited
Hop Farm Trading Limited
Hubstore Limited
Lamberhurst Hotels Limited
Lamberhurst Inns Limited
London & Athens Limited
London & Athens (agencies) Limited
RISC Services Limited
Sport Media Group Plc
Sport Newspapers Limited
The Hop Farm Limited
The Vines Bungalow Limited
Ticehurst Property Services Limited
Simon Hume-Kendall's was a director at the time, or within twelve months, of the following companies going into receivership, compulsory liquidation, creditors' voluntary liquidation, administration, company voluntary arrangement or composition with creditors generally or any class of its creditors:
No other information falls to be disclosed under schedule 2(g) of the AIM rules with regard to Simon Hume-Kendall.
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