30 Sep 2015 07:00
30 September 2015
Porta Communications Plc ("Porta" or "the Company")
BOARD APPOINTMENT
Porta Communications Plc is pleased to announce that Steffan Williams will be joining the Board as Group Managing Director reporting to the CEO.
Steffan will have the responsibility to lead the next stage of the Group's development including recruiting the best available talent and improving the ratio of larger client mandate wins.
Steffan has spent over 20 years working within the field of strategic communications. Most recently, he was a Partner at Finsbury where he worked on a number of high profile M&A transactions such as Holcim/Lafarge, Greene King/Spirit and Crown/Rexam. He previously founded Capital Communications in 2001, taking it to become a top ten player within the EMEA region. He then sold it to Publicis Groupe and went on to lead MSLGroup's Strategic Communications business across the EMEA region.
Steffan was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford University, and is now an Old Members Trustee. He is the Vice-Chairman of the PRCA, is a member of the Development Committee at the Legatum Institute, a Trustee of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, a member of Swansea University's Advisory Development Board and is a Special Adviser at the Iraq Britain Business Council. He provides communications advice to a number of charities pro bono and is a frequent guest speaker on communications.
Commentating on the appointment Porta CEO David Wright said: "I have always had a very high opinion regarding Steffan's qualities and this appointment is a great start to an exciting period of development at Porta."
Disclosures under Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules
Under Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, the following information is disclosed:
Mr Steffan Rhys Williams, aged 47, holds or has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the previous five years:
Present Directorships/Partnerships Past Directorships/Partnerships
Public Relations Consultants Association Limited CNC-Communications & Network
Steffan Williams Limited Consulting Limited
The National Botanic Garden of Wales
Mr Williams has confirmed that there is no additional information to be disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2, paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.
Enquiries:
Porta Communications Plc
www.portacomms.com
David Wright, Chief Executive
Gene Golembiewski, Finance Director +44 (0) 20 7680 6500
Sanlam Securities UK Limited
Simon Clements/ Virginia Bull +44 (0) 20 7628 2200
Redleaf Communications - Media Enquiries
Charlie Geller / Emma Kane +44 (0) 20 7382 4747
Notes to Editors:
Porta has two divisions:
· Communications - financial, corporate and consumer public relations, public affairs and research
· Marketing & Advertising - multi-capability marketing, brand and creative communications
The Group currently has offices in Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brisbane, Bristol, Brussels, Canberra, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Manchester, Melbourne, Singapore and Sydney.
The brands and companies it owns are: Newgate Communications, PPS Group, Redleaf Communications, 13 Communications, Publicasity, 2112 Communications and Summit Marketing Services.
Porta Communications has recently relaunched its corporate website - www.portacomms.com.