30 Apr 2010 07:00
30 April 2010
Earthport plc ("Earthport" or "Company)
Board Change
Earthport announces the appointment of Vinode Ramgopal as a Non Executive Director with immediate effect.
Vinode Ramgopal is the CEO and Chairman of Marco Polo Group Ltd, a financial services firm focused on Global Emerging Markets. The Marco Polo Group has several companies including:
·; Marco Polo Network Inc. an electronic platform for trading securities listed on the exchanges of over 70 countries; and
·; Marco Polo Securities, a FINRA registered broker dealer, offering agency execution services in over 70 countries.
Marco Polo was founded in 2001 with Headquarters in New York and representative offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Brazil and South Africa.
Mr. Ramgopal was formerly Head of the Global Privatisation Group at Lehman Brothers and former Head of Lehman Brothers M&A practice for Asia (ex-Japan), Latin America and Eastern Europe. In the course of a 14-year career at Lehman, Mr. Ramgopal led teams that completed over $30 billion of cross border M&A transactions.
Mr. Ramgopal was educated at the London School of Economics and Merton College, Oxford.
The Board is delighted to welcome Vinode to Earthport plc. He has broad and deep experience across global emerging markets and cross border trading as well as building a global business. His ability and knowledge will be of great value to Earthport.
Matters for disclosure under paragraph (g) in Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules with respect to the appointment of Vinode Ramgopal as a Non Executive Director of Earthport plc:
| Full name: | Vinode Bhesham Ramgopal |
| Age: | 51 |
| Current Directorships: | Marco Polo Network Ltd Marco Polo Network Inc |
| Directorships held within the last 5 years: | None |
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For further details please contact:
| Earthport Hank Uberoi / Zafar Karim | +44 (0)20 7220 9700 |
| Panmure Gordon Dominic Morley | +44 (0)20 7459 3600 |
| Financial Dynamics Jonathon Brill / Alex Beagley | +44 (0)20 7831 3113 |