Earthport Regulatory News (EPO)

8 Aug 2005 07:00

Earthport PLC08 August 2005 For release at 7.00 a.m. on Monday 8th August 2005 Stock Exchange Announcement earthport plc ("earthport" or the "Company") Appointment of Noel Jones as Technical Advisor The Board of earthport, the electronic payments infrastructure company, haspleasure in announcing the appointment of Noel Jones (62) as Technical Advisorto the Board. The role will cover the overall control, design and direction of the technology,which forms a major part of the Company's offering to the payments market, withparticular emphasis on the scalability and speed of the earthport UniversalPayment Network (UPN). Noel has wide ranging and up-to-date knowledge of the IT market place andtechnology gained through a career that has included marketing and P&Lresponsibility in an international environment, management of large scale,leading edge development projects, negotiation of major contracts with bothvendors and clients and the defining and implementation of TechnicalArchitecture for Global investment banks. From 1999 to 2002 Noel was Chief Technical Architect at UBS. Achievementswhilst at UBS included the definition of Global Technical Architecture, theselection of appropriate vendors and technologies, its successful implementationas a shared managed service to be used by all the business lines of theinvestment bank. Prior to this appointment he held a series of positions at UBS, between 1997-99he was Global Head of Systems Architecture & Engineering. Between 1995-97 hewas Head of Technology Management Europe. Also at UBS in 1993 he became Head of IT Strategy Europe. From 1990-1993 he wasHead of IT Strategy London. From 1982-1990 he worked at Data General Ltd, culminating in the role of ManagerSoftware Product Marketing, tasked with profitably adding to the corporation'sportfolio of software products by acquisition and/or development. Prior to this he worked from 1970-1982 at Leasco Software Ltd and from 1961-1969at British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Mike Harrison, Executive Chairman, commented, "Noel will be invaluable in thenext phase of earthport's development as his vast experience of establishingGlobal Systems will enable us to reinforce our existing technology and allow theCompany to expand securely and effectively." - End - Enquiries: Mike Harrison - Chairman, earthport plc +44(0) 207 907 1100David Nabarro / Nigel Atkinson - Nabarro Wells & Co. Limited +44(0) 207 710 7400 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange