3 Jan 2019 11:47
3 January 2019
FastForward Innovations Ltd
("FastForward" or the "Company")
Board Appointment
FastForward is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Lance De Jersey to the Board as Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer ("COO") with immediate effect. Ian Burns, currently the Company's COO and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from his current role within the Company but will continue as a Non-Executive Director.
Lance De Jersey (ACIS) is member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and Institute of Directors. Lance spent 7 years (2010-2017) at Partners Group, the Swiss based private equity group, culminating in his role as head of Partners Group's Guernsey office, serving on the Guernsey boards and chairing the Risk & Audit and AML committees and a member of the Investment Oversight committee. He has over eight years' experience in private equity investment administration and management.
Prior to this, Mr De Jersey owned and operated retail franchises, marketed and sold small businesses as a business broker and worked as a financial adviser in New Zealand. He is currently a non-executive director of Pearl Holding Limited (an investment fund managed by Partners Group) and is former secretary and vice chairman of the Channel Island Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
Jim Mellon, Chairman, commented: "Ian Burns had indicated a wish to step away from an executive role with the Company to allow him to focus on his other projects, but I am pleased that we will still have access to his knowledge and experience as a non-executive director. At the same time, we are delighted to welcome Lance to the Board of FastForward where we feel his background in working in the regulated funds industry in Guernsey will be of considerable benefit to FastForward Innovations. We remain excited by the opportunities within our existing investee company portfolio and hope that Lance can assist in developing these to realise value for our Shareholders."
Further AIM disclosures relating to Lance De Jersey's appointment
Lance Graham De Jersey (aged 45) has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years:
Name of company, partnership or trade in full |
CURRENT |
Pearl Holding Limited |
Rosetta Governance Services Limited |
PAST |
Partners Group (Guernsey) Limited |
Partners Group Client Access Management I Limited |
Partners Group Management Limited |
Partners Group Management II Limited |
Partners Group Management III Limited |
Partners Group Management IV Limited |
Partners Group Management V Limited |
Partners Group Management VI Limited |
Partners Group Management VII Limited |
Partners Group Management VIII Limited |
Partners Group Management IX Limited |
Partners Group Management X Limited |
Partners Group Management XI Limited |
Partners Group Management XII Limited |
Partners Group Management XIII Limited |
Partners Group Management XIV Limited |
Pearl Management Limited |
Penta Management Limited |
Princess Management Limited |
Access Services Limited |
BBB Industries IC Ltd |
Casadoce IC Ltd |
Funds SA IC Ltd |
Gresham IC Ltd |
Helios IC Ltd |
Lac Leman EUR IC Ltd |
Lac Leman Infrastructure IC Ltd |
Lac Leman Real Estate IC Ltd |
Multi Strategy IC Ltd |
P3 Dissolution IC Ltd |
P3 New IC Ltd |
Partners Group Access Finance Ltd |
Partners Group Blue Lines IC Ltd |
Partners Group Cayman Management I Limited |
Partners Group Cayman Management II Limited |
Partners Group Cayman Management III Limited |
Partners Group Client Access 10 MP Management Ltd |
Partners Group Columbus IC Ltd |
Partners Group Columbus II IC Ltd |
Partners Group Finance CHF IC Ltd |
Partners Group Finance EUR IC Ltd |
Partners Group Finance GBP IC Ltd |
Partners Group Finance USD IC Ltd |
Partners Group Finance SGD IC Ltd |
Partners Group Finance ICC Limited |
Partners Group Generations (EUR) IC Ltd |
Partners Group Generations (USD) IC Ltd |
Partners Group Highland Real Estate (EUR) IC Ltd |
Partners Group Highland Real Estate (USD) IC Ltd |
Partners Group Investment ICC Limited |
Partners Group KB Infrastructure Investments Limited |
Partners Group Management (Scotland) Limited |
Partners Group Management XV Limited |
Partners Group Narita IC Ltd |
Partners Group Nipon IC II Ltd |
Partners Group Nipon IC Ltd |
Partners Group Orange IC Ltd |
Partners Group Paloma IC Ltd |
Partners Group Princess Learning IC Ltd |
Partners Group RBG IC Ltd |
Partners Group Satellite IC Ltd |
Partners Group SPP1 Limited |
Partners Group Starfrost Limited |
Partners Group Titus IC Ltd |
Partners Group Viking Limited |
Vega Invest (Guernsey) Limited |
Vega Invest Fund PLC |
Win ALT IC Ltd |
Zugersee IC Ltd |
Luna PCC Limited |
Partners Group Rainbow IC Ltd |
Partners Group Constantin IC Ltd |
Partners Private Markets Management Limited |
Greenstone IC Ltd |
There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to Lance's appointment pursuant to AIM Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
This announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.
FastForward Innovations Limited info@fstfwd.co Chris Bougourd / Lance De Jersey / Ed McDermott
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Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nomad) Tel: +44 (0) 207 628 3396 James Biddle / Roland Cornish
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Optiva Securities Limited (Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 203 411 1881 Jeremy King / Graeme Dickson
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