5 Sep 2016 07:00
05 September 2016
Dods Group PLC
("Dods" or "the Company" or "the Group")
Appointment of CFO and Directors of the Group
Dods Group plc (AIM: DODS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nitil Patel as Chief Financial Officer and Director with immediate effect.
Mr. Patel was previously CFO of Ten Alps plc (recently rebranded Zinc Media plc) from July 2001 to February 2014. During this time, Mr. Patel managed three divisions of the group, driving growth both organically and through a number of strategic acquisitions. He was a key member of the team from the very start of Ten Alps in 1999 as Finance Director and was responsible for its listing on AIM in 2001. He trained with Sayers Butterworth before joining TV production business Planet 24 Limited, where he worked as a financial accountant and on productions such as the Big Breakfast. Mr. Patel is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
The Group is also pleased to announce Diane Lees CBE as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.
Ms. Lees is the Director-General of Imperial War Museums, the cultural lead for the Centenary of the First World War, and is a Trustee of 14-18NOW, the Centenary's Cultural Programme. Ms. Lees is a Trustee of the IWM Development Trust, The Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Trust, and the Army Museums Ogilby Trust. She serves as Vice President of the American Air Museum in Britain, is a member of the Women Leaders in Museums Network (WLMN), and sits on the Arts Council's external advice panel. Ms. Lees serves as Chair of the National Museum Directors' Council (NMDC) and has appointments to both the University of Lincoln's Board of Governors and the University of Oxford Humanities External Advisory Board. Ms. Lees is currently chairing a review of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)'s Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund.
Cheryl Jones, Chairman, commented:
"The Board is pleased to welcome both Nitil and Diane to the Board of Directors. The timing of Nitil joining the Group is important as his operational experience will be very valuable as the Company continues its transformational plans which include targeted acquisitions.
Diane's diverse leadership positions, as well as her domain knowledge of specific sectors such as higher education, make her a valued member of the Board."
Mr. Patel, aged 46, is currently, or has been previously, a director of the following companies within the past five years:
Current Directorships:
Soma21 Limited
Previous Directorships:3 BM TV LimitedA Victim of Peace LtdAtalink LimitedAble Debt Collection Limited Blakeway Productions Limited Below the Radar LtdBrook Lapping Productions Limited Carins Veterinary Books and Supplies Limited County Link Media Ltd Children's Traffic Club Limited DBDA Limited Education Digital LimitedEducation Digital Management LimitedFilms of Record Limited Grove House Publishing Limited Hart Davies TV LimitedIn Business Media LimitedIndex Media Limited Influence Creative and Media Limited Interact Media and Creative LimitedInspire Creative and Media (Edinburgh) Limited Inspire Creative and Media (Fareham) Limited Museums and Galleries LimitedInspire Creative and Media Sovereign Publications LimitedTen Alps Digital LimitedInteract Digital Media Limited Ten Alps Live LimitedInterface Media Services Limited Ten Alps MTD LimitedLink 2 Trade Limited Yozza LimitedNewton Project LimitedPlanet 64 LimitedSchoolsworld LimitedT.G. Scott & Son LimitedTeach Pro LimitedTen Alps Agency LtdTen Alps Communicate Ltd Ten Alps Communications Limited Ten Alps Creative and Media LimitedTen Alps Media LimitedTen Alps Publishing LimitedTen Alps RMA LimitedTen Alps TV LimitedTen Alps Vision (Edinburgh) LimitedTen Alps plcTen Alps Communications PTE LimitedTen Alps TV PTE Limited
Mr. Patel was previously a director of Ten Alps Media Limited, a subsidiary of Ten Alps plc, which recently announced that it has instructed professionals to place the subsidiary into a creditors' voluntary liquidation.
Diane Elizabeth Lees, aged 52, is currently a director of Imperial War Museum Trading Company Limited.
Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters which are required to be disclosed in accordance with Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For more information contact:
Cenkos Securities plc
(Nominated Advisor and Broker to Dods)
Nicholas Wells 020 7397 8920