Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

23 January 2017

SysGroup plc

("SysGroup" or the "Company" or the "Group")

Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

SysGroup (AIM: SYS), the managed hosting and cloud integrator, announces the non-Board appointment of Julian Llewellyn as Chief Financial Officer, with immediate effect.

Julian has extensive operational and board level experience as a CFO and has previously worked with a number of listed companies. Most recently, Julian was brought in as Interim Finance Director at AIM listed IT managed services and cloud provider Redcentric in November 2016, where he was tasked with improving credit control management processes, managing the independent forensic review and preparing a remedial action plan.

Prior to this Julian worked as Interim Business Improvement Director at £2bn turnover IT distribution, network and communications provider Exertis. Other roles include Interim CFO of Balfour Beatty CLG, a variety of senior finance related roles at £15bn turnover Greenergy Group, Director and Co-Founder of credit control software provider Octempo Ltd, CFO EMEA of listed SurfControl plc, CFO of IFS Aerospace and Defence Ltd, Head of Audit and Advisory at BAE Systems Customer Solutions and Support, and Finance Manager at Premier Brands. Before this, from 1991 until 1996, Julian worked as a Chartered Accountant.

Chris Evans, CEO of SysGroup, commented: "We are delighted to announce the appointment of Julian Llewellyn as CFO. Julian has an excellent and longstanding track record in financial management and business transformation. He also has substantial and invaluable experience of the technology industry, investor relations and the capital markets. We expect Julian to be a key member of the team straight away, with the view that he will join the Board in due course and we are confident he will prove a great asset to SysGroup as we continue to seek to expand our Managed Services business."

About SysGroup

SysGroup is a leading provider of Cloud Hosting, Managed Services and expert IT Consultancy. The Group deliver solutions that ensure clients understand and benefit from industry-leading technologies and advanced hosting capabilities. The SysGroup team focuses on a customer's strategic and operational requirements - enabling them to free up resources, grow their core business and avoid the distractions and complexity of delivering IT services.

The Group has offices in Liverpool, Nottingham, Coventry, London and East Sussex.

For more information, visit http://www.sysgroup.com