19 Sep 2008 10:28
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SavileΒ GroupΒ plc (the "Company")
Appointment of Advisory Board and Notice of results
Appointment ofΒ AdvisoryΒ Board
SavileΒ GroupΒ createsΒ blue chipΒ Advisory Board led by Lord Freeman toΒ helpΒ guide theΒ companyΒ to furtherΒ success.
TodayΒ Savile Group announces the creation of a prestigious new Advisory Board which will support SavileΒ GroupΒ and its three subsidiaries IDDAS, Fairplace and Cedar TalentΒ ManagementΒ by providing strategic and market-related advice, and help guide the Group as it builds on its recent successes.
Led by businessman and former cabinet minister Lord Freeman, the Board comprises distinguished individuals with highly successful backgrounds in industry, the law, accountancy, academia,Β human resources and politics.
TheΒ AdvisoryΒ Board consists of:
Lord Freeman (chairman)Β - chairman of Thales plc, chairman of Cambridge University Technology Transfer Office.
Professor Chris BonesΒ - principal ofΒ HenleyΒ ManagementΒ College
Janet Gaymer,Β CBEΒ QCΒ - independent consultant, formerΒ seniorΒ partner of Simmons & Simmons
John SalmonΒ - former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Alex WilsonΒ - Group Human Resources Director at BT
Biographical information isΒ provided in the notesΒ below.
Jonathan Cohen, chairman of SavileΒ Group, says:Β "I amΒ very pleasedΒ to bring together such a prestigious and talented group of individuals with a broad cross section of backgrounds to form Savile Group's Advisory Board. We have made excellent progress in turning the Group around, and the newΒ AdvisoryΒ Board, chaired by Roger Freeman, will provide invaluable strategic and market-related advice to me andΒ the directorsΒ of our three businessesΒ to help usΒ prosper andΒ accelerateΒ ourΒ growth."
"I am confidentΒ the new Advisory BoardΒ will helpΒ usΒ build onΒ theΒ recent successΒ we have achievedΒ and establishΒ SavileΒ GroupΒ as a strong,Β consistentlyΒ profitable provider of human capital services to a growing number of clients."
Roger Freeman says:Β "I was delighted to accept Jonathan Cohen's invitation to chair SavileΒ Group's new Advisory Board. It is essential for theΒ future prosperity of UK plc that we support and nurture our workforce. SavileΒ GroupΒ has a vital role to play in helping clients make the most of the talent they have and achieve greater successΒ - particularly in today's tough market conditions."
Notice of resultsΒ and update
The board expects to announce the Company's final results for the year ended 30 June 2008 on 24 September 2008.
The board note that theΒ demand for outplacement services has increased in the City and other key market places,Β and theΒ demand for talent management remains strong.
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For further information please contact:
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The Wriglesworth Consultancy Brian Thorn/JamesΒ Staunton/Sarah Davidson |
020 7427 1400 s.davidson@wriglesworth.com |
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Savile Group Jo Bond,Β ChiefΒ Operating Officer |
07515 955398 jo.bond@savile.com |
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Tony Rawlinson, Nominated Adviser Dowgate Capital Advisers Limited |
020 7492 4777 |
Notes to Editors
Savile Group plcΒ - AIM listed (SAVG) (until December 2007 Fairplace plc)Β
SavileΒ GroupΒ is a human capital services group, comprising a number of high quality, premium brands in human resources consulting, with a reputation for excellent clientΒ service. The Group provides a wide range of coaching, mentoring, career and talent management support at all levels of seniority across an extensive range of industries and professions, with demonstrable evidence of helping clients to improve the performance of their businesses through their people.
SavileΒ GroupΒ has three brands: CEDAR Talent Management, Fairplace, and IDDAS.
CEDAR TalentΒ ManagementΒ offers extensive expertise in coaching, leadership assessment and development.
Fairplace has an enviable reputation for high quality career transition and career management.
IDDAS provides a range of board level career and business mentoring, coaching and talent management services, including leadership development.
Biographical Details on membersΒ of theΒ Advisory Board
The Rt HonΒ Lord FreemanΒ is chairman of Thales plc and chairman of Cambridge University Technology Transfer Office. He is a former partner and managing director of Lehman Brothers and a former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has held various ministerial positions, including cabinet minister for public service.
ProfessorΒ Chris BonesΒ is principal ofΒ HenleyΒ ManagementΒ College. He was previously group organisation effectiveness and development directorΒ for Cadbury Schweppes. He hasΒ alsoΒ worked for ShellΒ andΒ Diageo, and has significant international business experience and a reputation as a leading practitioner in executive education and development, change and HR strategy. Chris is a highly regarded speaker at international conferences on change, HR strategy and employment branding. He is a Board member of Skills for Government, the sector skills council for the Civil Service and an independent non-executive director of the Agricultural & Horticultural Levy Board.
JanetΒ Gaymer, CBE QC,Β was senior partner of Simmons & Simmons and is now an independent consultant. She is also commissioner for public appointments and a civil service commissioner. In November she received the City ofΒ London Law Society'sΒ lifetimeΒ achievementΒ award. She was the founder chairman of both theΒ UKΒ and European Employment Lawyers Associations and is now respectively life vice president and honorary chairman of the associations. Other achievements include: being a member of the Employment Tribunals Service Steering Board, chair of the Employment Tribunal System Taskforce, and a member of the Council of ACAS; an honorary fellow of St Hilda's College,Β Oxford, an honorary doctor of laws ofΒ NottinghamΒ UniversityΒ and an honorary doctor of theΒ UniversityΒ ofΒ Surrey.
John SalmonΒ was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 29 years. As well as his responsibilities to clients in many industries, he initiated and led for 11 years PwC's services to non-executive directors of major listed companies, which included briefings and workshops. He was also an elected member and deputy chairman of PwC's supervisory board, its own governance body. John is a non-executive director of St Modwen Properties plc.
AlexΒ WilsonΒ is group human resources director at BT. Prior to this, he was senior vice president human resources for ICI having previously worked for Diageo, where he was HR director for Guinness, as well as managing director of its continental European business. Before this, he worked for 10 years for the Ford Motor Company and then spent 12 years with Grand Metropolitan working in the brewery, retail and international drinks divisions. At BT, Alex is responsible for HR excellence across the group with functional responsibility for the HR directors of BT's various lines of business covering the international andΒ UKΒ environments. He also has specific responsibility for organisational development and the executive development of senior management throughout the group.
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