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| 24 May 2022 |
Personal Group Holdings Plc
("the Company" or "Group")
Directorate Change
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH), the workforce benefits and services provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ciaran Astin as Non-Executive Director of the Company, with effect from 24 May 2022.
Ciaran has extensive experience within the insurance, consumer and technology sectors. He is currently Managing Director of DriveScore and Head of Insurance at Clear Score Technology Limited, a fast-growing fintech business, with approximately 12 million users of its credit score product. Ciaran was previously an Executive Director of Hastings Insurance Services Ltd, a leading UK insurance company, and Commercial Development Director of Direct Line Group. Prior to this, he held leadership positions at British Gas and BT Group. Ciaran holds a Masters of Engineering degree from Cambridge University.
As well as being a member of the PGH Board Ciaran will be a member of all Board Committees, namely the Risk, Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
Martin Bennett, Non-Executive Chairman of Personal Group, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Ciaran to the Board of Personal Group at this exciting stage of the Company's development. Ciaran has a wealth of experience in supporting insurance and technology businesses and we look forward to benefitting from his expertise."
AIM Rule Disclosures
Ciaran John Astin, aged 43, was an Executive Director of Hastings Insurance Services Ltd in 2018. He currently holds no interest in the Company's ordinary shares.
Save as disclosed above, there are no further disclosures required pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
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For more information please contact:
Personal Group Holdings Plc | |
Deborah Frost / Sarah Mace | +44 (0)1908 605 000 |
Cenkos Securities Plc | |
Camilla Hume / Callum Davidson (Nominated Adviser) | +44 (0)20 7397 8900 |
Russell Kerr (Sales)
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Alma PR | |
Susie Hudson / Lily Soares Smith / Joe Pederzolli | +44 (0)20 3405 0205 personalgroup@almapr.co.uk |
Notes to Editors
Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a workforce benefits and services provider. The Group enables employers across the UK to improve employee engagement and support their people's physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing. Its vision is to create a brighter future for the UK workforce.
Personal Group provides health insurance services and a broad range of employee benefits, engagement, and wellbeing products. Its offerings can also be delivered through its proprietary app, Hapi, and the recently developed extension to the platform, Hapiflex.
The Group's growth strategy is centred around widening the footprint of the business into the SME, talent-led & Public Sectors, thereby expanding the addressable customer base. In addition, it aims to grow in its existing industrial heartlands, to re-invigorate growth in insurance policyholders and to drive the use of its SaaS offerings.
Clients include: Arsenal FC, Barchester Healthcare, Merseyrail, Randstad, Royal Mail Group, The Royal Mint, the Sandwell & Birmingham NHS Trust, Stagecoach Group plc, and The University of York. 34% of clients are served by two or more group companies.
For further information on the Group please see www.personalgroup.com