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11 May 2018
Christie Group plc("Christie Group" or the "Company")
Directorate Change
Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional Business Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the leisure, retail and care markets, announces the appointment of Victoria Muir to its Board of Directors with effect from 14 May 2018.
Miss Muir joins the Board as an Independent Non-Executive director, and a brief biography is set out below.
Victoria has over twenty years of experience in financial services, including asset management and inter-dealer broking. Her experience covers a wide range of products and services including investment trusts, segregated accounts, pension funds, insurance products, VCTs and hedge funds and a wide breadth of asset classes across both traditional and alternative investments.Victoria is a Chartered Director and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and is an FCA Approved Person. She has held a variety of executive positions within the financial services sector, most notably with Royal London Asset Management Ltd and some of its sister companies, before pursuing a career as a non-executive director. Victoria currently holds a number of non-executive directorships, including Invesco Perpetual Select Trust plc, Sterling ISA Managers Ltd and Premier Global Infrastructure Trust plc.
Commenting on the appointment of Miss Muir, David Rugg, Chairman and Chief Executive, said:
"We welcome Victoria Muir who is steeped in the provision of financial services and asset management and an experienced non-executive director."
Please refer to Annex 1 for all further disclosures relating to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Enquiries:
Christie Group plc
David Rugg | 020 7227 0707 |
Chairman and Chief Executive |
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Dan Prickett | 020 7227 0700 |
Chief Operating Officer |
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Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
Dominic Morley / Charles Leigh-Pemberton | 020 7886 2500 |
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Nominated Adviser & Broker |
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Annex 1
Victoria Anne Muir (age 46) is, or has been in the previous five years, a director or partner of the following companies:
Current directorships | Previous directorships |
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Invesco Perpetual Select Trust plcSterling ISA Managers Ltd | Royal London Asset Management Ltd
Royal London Pooled Pensions Company Ltd |
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Premier Global Infrastructure Trust | Royal London Unit Trust Managers Ltd |
Plc |
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PGIT Securities 2020 plc | Royal London Group Pension Scheme Trustee Ltd |
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Miss Muir has no beneficial interest in the ordinary shares of the Company.
There are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Notes to Editors:
Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 44 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the leisure, retail and care sectors.
Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional Business Services (PBS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PBS - Christie & Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.
Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long-established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.
For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.