17 Nov 2011 07:00
17 November 2011
DCD Media plc
("DCD Media" or the "Group")
Board of Directors Appointments
DCD Media plc, the independent TV production and distribution group, is delighted to announce the appointment with immediate effect of John Cusins as Non-Executive Chairman and Sammy Nourmand as Executive Director of the Company.
John Cusins has had a distinguished career in Finance. He has held a variety of senior posts in the Investment Banking, Insurance and Asset Management sectors. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG before moving to UBS, then took the role of Managing Director at Dresdner Bank, London. He was part of the private equity group that acquired Pearl Group Limited in December 2004 and held a number of senior directorial posts in that business. Whilst at Pearl Group John founded Axial Investment Management Limited and held the positions of CEO, CIO and CFO within Axial. John is an Executive Director of Strathdon Investments PLC and a Non-Executive Director of AMG Systems Ltd.
Sammy Nourmand brings with him 18 years experience in the independent television sector. Financially trained at Silver Levene & Co, he joined September Films in March 1998 as Head of Finance, before becoming Director of Finance and then Deputy CEO in November 2003. He took over as CEO in April 2005 and was instrumental in the sale of September Films to DCD Media in August 2007. Under his stewardship September Films has enjoyed its longest period of growth and stability. Sammy oversees September Films in both the UK and the US.
The Company has also appointed CEO and Board Director David Green as Vice-Chairman, in addition to his role of CEO. Tarik Wildman remains a Non-Executive Director.
David Green, Chief Executive and Vice-Chairman of DCD Media, said:
"I am very pleased to welcome John and Sammy to the Board at a time when DCD Media has completed a significant round of investment to support its growth as a group of strong content producers working across all non fiction genres on both sides of the Atlantic, vertically supported by well established IP companies. The combined experience of the new team of Directors encompassing both the finance and media industries will be key assets for the group's next phase of expansion."
John Cusins, Non-Executive Chairman of DCD Media, added:
"As an independent company with a solid footprint in the UK and the US, and a group of some of the strongest creative talent in the production industry working together, I believe that DCD presents a compelling opportunity for growth in the sector. I am pleased to join the team to assist in achieving our ambitious plans over the coming months and years".
AIM Rules disclosure under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules
John Robert Cusins, aged 39, holds 2,000,000 DCD ordinary shares and is or has been a director of the following companies within the past five years:
Current Directorships:- | Past Directorships:- |
Strathdon Investments PLC | Pearl Group Holdings (No.2) Ltd |
Strathdon Management Ltd | London Life Ltd |
AMG Systems Ltd | Pearl Assurance Ltd |
National Provident Life Ltd | |
NPI Ltd | |
Ignis Investment Management Ltd | |
Ignis Asset Management Ltd | |
Ignis Fund Managers Ltd | |
Ignis Investment Services Ltd |
Sammy Nourmand, aged 42, holds 4,452,972 DCD ordinary shares and is or has been a director of the following companies within the past five years:
Current Directorships:- | |
September Films Ltd | |
September International Ltd | |
September Holdings Ltd | |
Greed Ltd | |
Matchlight Ltd |
There is no further information that is required to be disclosed with regards to the appointment of John Robert Cusins and Sammy Nourmand pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.
For further information please contact:
David Green, Chief Executive and Vice-Chairman
DCD Media plc
Tel. 020 8563 6976
Jeremy Ellis
Evolution Securities
Tel. 020 7071 4300