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eXpansys plc
("eXpansys")
Appointment of non executive director
eXpansys, the online consumer electronics retailer, is pleased to announce the appointment of Brian Collie as a non executive director, effective from 1 November 2010. Brian Collie has a distinguished career as an international retailer with over thirty years of experience.
Brian was appointed to the board of lastminute.com, prior to its stock market listing in 2000, where he worked closely with the founders, Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane-Fox, to ensure the company was well resourced, well managed and prudently financed. Brian later became Chairman of lastminute.com plc in 2004 and, following a period of exponential growth, led the successful sale of the company.
As Group Retail Director, on the main board of BAA plc from 1997 to 2005, Brian was responsible for all commercial activity across twenty airports, transforming the retail offer at major hubs including London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Boston Logan and introducing e-commerce and telecoms to the commercial portfolio.
Currently Chairman of the Jurys Inns Hotel Group, Brian works closely with the owners and the management team on rolling out their strategy of expansion of the successful Jurys Inns model. The Group now has over thirty hotels internationally. He is also a Non Executive Director of the McArthurGlen Group - Europe's first, largest and most profitable Designer Outlet Village developer and operator - where he also chairs the Luxury Retail division, which develops full-price luxury shopping centres at airports.
Bob Wigley, Chairman of eXpansys, commented:
"With an extensive career in international retail, both physical and online, Brian Collie has a great deal to offer eXpansys as we seek to accelerate our growth as a global retailer of consumer electronics. He joins a group of talented business leaders focused on leveraging their respective expertise for the benefit of eXpansys."
AIM Rules disclosure under Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules
There is no other information that is required to be disclosed with regards to the appointment of Brian Joseph Collie, aged 56, pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules, save as set out below:
Current directorships
McArthurGlen Group (Director and Partner)
McArthurGlen Luxury Retail (Director and Partner)
Vesway Ltd - trading as Jurys Inns (Director)
Previous directorships within the past five years
lastminute.com plc (Director)
Presentable Ltd (Director)
Jurys Doyle Hotels Group plc (Director)
BAA plc (Director)
For further information please contact:
| eXpansys plc Bob Wigley, Chairman Anthony Catterson, CEO
| via M:Communications
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| M:Communications Nick Miles/Eleanor Williamson
| Tel +44 (0)20 7920 2330 williamson@mcomgroup.com
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| Cenkos Securities plc Stephen Keys/Camilla Hume | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7397 8926 skeys@cenkos.com
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| Investor relations website | www.expansys.plc.uk |
About eXpansys
eXpansys is a global online consumer electronics retailer, operating directly in 50 countries with a vast range of products, and a focused approach to service and value for its customers. The Group recently acquired Data Select Network Solutions, whose relationships with most of the UK's network operators and MVNOs will propel eXpansys forward in its ability to offer customers the complete mobile wireless solution. The Group also includes PJ Media, an e-commerce and web publishing business with expertise in the telecommunications sector, and a number of large international blue chip clients.