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IMImobile appoints

North America CEO

Industry veteran Bruce Bales appointed as Chief Executive Officer, North America to consolidate and grow US and Canadian Operations

London, February 20th, 2019 - Global enterprise cloud communications software and solutions provider IMImobile PLC, today announced the appointment of Bruce Bales as Chief Executive Officer, North America reporting to Jay Patel, Group Chief Executive.

Industry veteran Bales joins IMImobile with more than 20 years of executive experience driving business growth and innovation across North America for public communications technology companies such as AT&T, Glenayre Technologies, and CLX Communications. Bruce will work alongside Tim Miller, President, IMImobile North America to continue IMImobile's expansion in both the U.S. and Canada.

Over the last 18 months IMImobile has acquired established mobile communication platform providers SUMOTEXT Corporation, Impact Mobile and email service provider Express Pigeon. Bales joins with responsibility for consolidating and growing IMImobile's North American operations across the enterprise, carrier and Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) aggregation sectors.

"I am delighted to be joining IMImobile at this exciting time as we continue the integration of people and processes that support what is already an impressive roster of some of North America's most admired brands, wireless operators, and application service providers. As we accelerate our distribution of IMImobile's proven solution offerings to the customers of the businesses we have acquired, Tim and I will maintain IMImobile's unique heritage and reputation of product reliability, service, and support", commented Bruce Bales, Chief Executive, IMImobile North America.

Jay Patel, Group Chief Executive, added, "We strongly believe that there is a great market opportunity for IMImobile's cloud communications suite in the North American market and Bruce has deep experience in this specific market and of growing technology businesses. He is a well-regarded industry executive and with his capabilities and the commercial and technical teams we have established in the region, we now have a strong foundation for future growth."

Bruce Bales and IMImobile will be present at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where it will be showcasing RCS (Rich Communication Service) demos with brands such as Hermes, DPD, Shell, Barclays and Pizza Hut at the Google stand, located at GSMA Innovation City, Hall 4 Stand 4A30.

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About IMImobile PLC

IMImobile is a cloud communications software provider whose solutions enable enterprises to automate digital customer communications and interactions to improve customer experience and reduce operating costs. IMImobile's enterprise cloud communications software platform manages over 42 billion messages and 44 billion commerce transactions a year across the world. Organisations that trust us to deliver smarter digital customer engagement include Hermes, Centrica, AA, O2, EE, BT, Foxtons, Pizza Hut, Vodafone, MTN, three of the major retail banks in the UK and public-sector organisations globally. IMImobile is headquartered in London with offices in Hyderabad, Toronto, Little Rock, Dubai and Johannesburg and has over 1,100 employees worldwide. IMImobile is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market with the TIDM code IMO.

About IMImobile North America

IMImobile North America services a diverse roster of both public and private enterprises and wireless operators that include the U.S. Department of Education, Starbucks, Avis/Budget Group, Guitar Center, Estée Lauder, Harbor Freight, Schneider National, Southwest Airlines, Astellas, LASIK Vision Institute, Agile Health, AT&T, Sprint, Rogers Wireless, and TELUS Corporation.

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