9 Jun 2010 10:09
Date: 9 June 2010
On behalf of: Tangent Communications PLC ("Tangent" or the "Company")
Tangent Communications plc
Board appointments
Tangent is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Smith to the board as a Non-executive Director with immediate effect. Alan has served on the boards of Marks and Spencer, Kingfisher, and Mothercare. He is currently a Non-executive Director of Colefax Group, Martin McColl and Space NK. Alan's experience of the consumer sector will be of great benefit to the Company.
In addition, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Cameron to the Board as Finance Director and Company Secretary with immediate effect. Kevin has managed the group finances since June 2009 and he brings to the board many years of experience from within the Ravensworth business. Kevin has been Finance Director of Ravensworth Digital Services since 2003, a company which was acquired by Tangent in March 2007.
For further information, please contact:
Tangent Communications plc 020 7462 6100
Timothy Green
Collins Stewart
Adrian Hadden / Stewart Wallace 020 7523 8350
About the Company:
Tangent is a leading integrator of technology and marketing strategy, delivering for its clients improved customer engagement and revenue through direct mail, web, email, mobile and print.
Tangent employs 175 people across four locations in London, Newcastle, Cheltenham and Melbourne and is traded on AIM (AIM: TNG).
For more information, please visit www.tangentplc.com.
Further information required by Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:
Alan Keith Patrick Smith, 69, has been a director of the following companies and partnerships in the previous five years:
| Current: | Former: |
| Colefax Group PLC Smith Peregrine Limited Space NK Limited Planet Organic Limited Martin McColl Retail Group Limited | Southbank Centre Limited Whitehead Mann Group Limited Arts & Business Limited Arts & Business Services Limited The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts Southbank Centre Enterprises Limited The Health Clinic PLC* |
* The Health Clinic was sold in 2002, at which point the directors resigned from the board and the purchaser subsequently put the Company into liquidation.
Kevin James Cameron, 41, has been a director of the following companies and partnerships in the previous five years:
| Current: | Former: |
| Ravensworth Digital Services Limited
| N/a |
Kevin currently holds 696,250 ordinary shares in Tangent representing 0.4% of the total voting rights.
No further disclosures are required under Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.