1 Oct 2013 07:00
1 October, 2013
blur (Group) plc
("blur," the "Group" or the "Company")
Board Appointment
David Sherriff of Microgen joins blur Group as Non-Executive Director
Building on blur Group's incredible momentum to date
blur (Group) plc, (LSE AIM: BLUR), the company that is reinventing commerce at blurgroup.com, today announces the appointment to the board of David Sherriff as a non-executive Director, effective immediately.
Philip Letts, CEO blur (Group) plc, said "As blur Group seeks to capitalize on its share of the $2 trillion global services industry, the non-executive director team becomes a strategic cornerstone of this growth. David brings an exceptional track record in growing public, international technology companies, having been instrumental in growing ECsoft Group in the early 90s and more recently in senior roles at Microgen plc, where he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2011. His appointment builds on the outstanding team of non-executive directors already on board which includes Richard Bourne-Arton and Robert Brooksbank. This hire is key to building on blur's powerful momentum to date."
David Sherriff, Non-Executive Director, blur (Group) plc said, "I am delighted to have been invited to join blur Group's Board. This is a very exciting time in this British company's evolution and I look forward to working with the other members of the Board and support the industrialisation of its Exchange following the launch of blur 3.0 and build on the success achieved to date in the s-commerce market."
Regulatory Information
David John Sherriff (aged 50) currently holds, and has during the last five years immediately preceding the date of this announcement held, the following directorships or partnerships:
Current Past
Microgen plc None
Brynmeini Partnership
There are no other matters which are required to be announced as required under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.
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For further information please contact:
blur (Group) plc | lucy@blurgroup.com |
Lucy Davies - Head of PR | Tel: +44 20 3176 0548 |
N+1 Singer (Nomad and Joint Broker) | |
Shaun Dobson / Matt Thomas | Tel: +44 20 7496 3000 |
Panmure Gordon (Joint Broker) | Tel: +44 20 7886 2500 |
Dominic Morley / Charles Leigh-Pemberton | |
Newgate Threadneedle | |
Caroline Evans-Jones / Josh Royston/ Hilary Millar | Tel: +44 20 7653 9850 |
About blur (Group) plc at blurgroup.com
blur Group is a technology company reinventing how businesses do commerce at blurgroup.com. Its Global Services Exchange delivers services differently: a new way to buy, manage and pay for core services. Approaching 35,000 businesses in 141 countries have adopted this s-commerce platform and changed the way they work.
blur Group (BLUR) is a public company headquartered in the UK with offices in the US and Europe. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. blur was founded in January 2006 and launched in alpha in 2007 with the full, formal launch of the Global Services Exchange in January 2010. At that time, just over three projects per month were submitted. Now, nearly 200 projects start on the exchange each month. Customers include Danone, Broadridge, Coral, Exceed, HCA, Momentive, Red Commerce, the Financial Times, Berlitz, Butlins, GE Healthcare and Tyco. Over the same time, average project value has grown from approximately $1,500 in 2010 to $22,943 in Q2 2013.
Today, over 2,700 projects have been submitted with a combined value of above $50 million. These have come from the US, UK, Europe, Africa and Asia with over 30,000 expert service providers on eight exchanges responding to them.