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Board Appointments

14 Nov 2019 07:00

RNS Number : 3281T
Concepta PLC
14 November 2019
 

Concepta PLC

("Concepta" or the "Company")

 

Board Appointments

 

Concepta PLC (AIM: CPT), the innovative UK personalised healthcare company and developer of the proprietary self-test platform ("myLotus®") the most accurate home-use fertility tracking and pregnancy testing system available on the U.K. market, announces the appointments of Penelope ("Penny") McCormick as Chief Executive and Lyn Rees as a Non-Executive Director.

 

Penny is a marketing specialist and Managing Director with extensive commercial leadership experience in the medical devices and women's healthcare sectors.

 

Penny previously led BBI Healthcare Limited (part of BBI Group), where her primary focus was developing a commercial strategy to secure the market-leading position for Balance Activ, the company's flagship bacterial vaginosis treatment. This included the securing of a £multi-million licence agreement with Bayer, the integration of the newly acquired Swedish manufacturing facility, and portfolio expansion to champion the category growth of women's 'over the counter' healthcare within U.K. retail. These successful launches into U.K. multiple grocery and high street pharmacy featured medical devices created to support women through various life stages including conception and menopause.

 

Her 12 year tenure at the BBI Group also saw delivery of a global marketing and integration strategy across the group's various entities through a rapid growth phase. Penny delivered strong financial growth, market impact, and developed skilled teams across OTC and B2B in highly competitive and margin-driven regulated markets.

 

Prior to joining BBI, Penny began her marketing career as a PR Manager at one of Wales' leading integrated agencies, followed by honing a specialism in FMCG within the licensed confectionery category, with a focus on growth within U.K. multiple grocery retailers. She holds an Honours degree in Journalism from Cardiff University.

 

Lyn is a seasoned executive in global healthcare and IVD markets. Prior to joining AIM-quoted Yourgene Health plc as CEO (formerly Premaitha Health plc), Lyn was Group CEO at British Biocell International (now BBI Group) for over 9 years.

 

He began that role at BBI Group following the acquisition of BBI Holdings by Alere in 2008, and in his time he oversaw the doubling of revenue growth and developed an accountable and highly effective senior management team with clear focus on innovation, commercial delivery, compliance and operational efficiency. He has a demonstrable track record of organic and acquisitive growth in the global Healthcare market.

 

Before this role, he spent several years as the Managing Director and founder of BBI Healthcare in 2006 following the successful purchase of the GlucoGel product. He first began his business career as the European Marketing Manager at Shimano Europe BV. Lyn holds a degree in Business Studies from the University of Wales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Concepta plc

www.conceptaplc.com

Adam Reynolds, Non-Executive Chairman

 

Mob: +44 (0) 7785 908 158

SPARK Advisory Partners Limited (NOMAD)

Tel: +44 (0)20 368 3550

Neil Baldwin / Mark Brady

Novum Securities (Broker)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7399 9400

Colin Rowbury

Walbrook PR Ltd (Media & Investor Relations)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780

Paul McManus

concepta@walbrookpr.com

 

 

About Concepta PLC (www.conceptaplc.com)

 

Concepta PLC is an AIM-quoted pioneering UK healthcare company that has developed a proprietary product, myLotus®, targeted at the personalized mobile health market with a primary focus on hormone testing and increasing a woman's chances of naturally getting pregnant and to provide insight to unexplained infertility.

 

myLotus® is currently the only consumer product which allows both quantitative and qualitative home (self-test) test measurement of a woman's personal luteinizing hormone (LH) during ovulation and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone level during pregnancy, facilitating higher conception rates and early diagnosis of fertility issues. The proposition of myLotus® is to empower women to better understand their hormone levels and menstrual cycle and help women conceive naturally by identifying their window of fertility and optimal time for conception.

 

The Company has received CE-mark certification for myLotus® and has launched its first product in the UK. The Company is preparing plans to roll-out across the core EU countries in 2019.

 

myLotus® is expected to be beneficial to users who have been unable to conceive after 6 months of trying. This highly motivated target group of women won't typically be offered medical intervention until after 12 months of unsuccessfully trying to conceive, with IVF not usually offered until after two years of trying to conceive. Research indicates couples start to take positive action ahead of this time typically with little medical support to help them do so.

 

 

 

The following disclosures are made in line with the AIM Rules for Companies:

Penny's full name is Penelope Jane McCormick, she is 44 years old.

Current directorships/partnerships:

Hope Rescue

Directorships and partnerships held within the last five years:

BBI Healthcare Limited

 

Shareholding: Ms McCormick holds no shares in the Company.

Save for the information set out above, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Ms McCormick.

 

 

Lyn's full name is Lyn Dafydd Rees, he is 46 years old.

Current directorships/partnerships:

Yourgene Health PLC

Premaitha Limited

Delta Diagnostics (UK) LTD

F & H Baxter (Holdings) Limited

Yourgene Health Singapore Co. Pty Ltd

Yourgene Health Taiwan Ltd

Directorships and partnerships held within the last five years:

BBI Diagnostics UK 1 Limited

BBI Diagnostics UK 2 Limited

BBI Diagnostics UK 3 Limited

BBI Diagnostics UK 4 Limited

BBI Diagnostics UK 5 Limited

BBI Solutions OEM Limited

BBI Resources Limited

Eagle SPV 3 Limited

BBI Acquisition Limited

Eagle SPV 2 Limited

BBI Group Holding Limited

BBI Diagnostics Group 2 PLC

BBI Animal Health Limited

Alere BBI Holdings Limited

Alere UK Subco Limited

Adam Biotechnology Limited

Biozyme Holdings Limited

Cambridge Bio-Nutritional Limited

Novarum DX Limited

Alchemy Laboratories Ltd

BBI Detection Limited

BBI Healthcare Limited

BBI Enzymes (USA) Limited

BBI Enzymes (UK) Limited

British Biocell International Limited

BBI Diagnostics Group Limited

BBI Enzymes Limited

Scipac Limited

 

 

Shareholding: Mr Rees holds no shares in the Company.

Save for the information set out above, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17, Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of the appointment of Mr Rees.

 

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