Board Appointment

RNS Number : 8246Y

Altitude Group PLC

28 February 2013

 

28 February 2013

Altitude Group plc

("Altitude" or the "Company")

Board Appointment

Altitude (AIM: ALT), a leading provider of technology and enterprise information management solutions to the print and promotional products sector, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Yapp as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Stephen Yapp, 55, has been Executive Chairman of Journey Group plc since June 2007. He was also previously Executive Chairman at Redstone plc from September 2009 to September 2010 and Non-Executive Director of Imagesound plc from December 2007 to December 2009. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive of the DCS Group plc from 2001 to 2006.

Colin Cooke, who has been Non-Executive Chairman of Altitude since 2005, will be retiring at the next Annual General Meeting and it is intended that Stephen Yapp will succeed him in this role.

Colin Cooke, Non-Executive Chairman of Altitude, commented: "I am delighted that Stephen Yapp is joining the Board. I have been pleased to work with Martin Varley and his colleagues over recent years as the Company has evolved its strategy to focus on its technology products and the development of opportunities in North American markets.  As I approach retirement, it is timely that I hand over to a new Chairman for the next phase in the Company's development. Stephen has a good deal of relevant experience and I am confident that he will be able to bring renewed energy to the task in hand."

Stephen Yapp commented: "I am joining Altitude Group at an exciting time in its development and believe that my relevant industry experience within the smaller plc environment will enable me to make a substantial contribution to the delivery of shareholder value."

Enquiries

Altitude Group plc
Martin Varley (Chief Executive Officer)	Tel: [phone] (US)
Merchant Securities (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
Simon Clements / Catherine Miles	Tel: [phone]

The following information is required to be disclosed under Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Stephen Yapp is or has been a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships in the preceding five years:

Current directorships and partnerships:	Past directorships and partnerships:
Journey Group plc and subsidiaries:	Air Fayre Heathrow Limited
MNH Sustainable Cabin Services Limited	Alpha - Airfayre Limited
Watermark Group Services (UK) Limited	Caltell Communications Limited
Watermark Products Limited	Castleton Communications Limited
Watermark Limited	Compass Communications Technical Services Limited
Air Fayre Limited and subsidiaries:	Compass Telecom Limited
Elev8 Retail Limited	Comunica Group Limited
International Catering Limited	Comunica Holdings Limited
	Essential Network Solutions Limited
Current directorships where the company is in liquidation:	Fenfones Communications Limited
Bigger Than Life (UK) Limited	Genesis Telecommunications Limited
Encompass Supply Chain Management Limited	Identa Limited
Update International Services Limited	IDN Telecom Limited
Watermark Connect Limited	ImageSound plc
	Independent Digital Networks Limited
	Lend Lease Construction Management Services (One) Limited
	Marcom Communications Limited
	Media On The Move Limited
	Net Quest Solutions Limited
	Redstone Telecom Holdings Limited
	Redstone Converged Solutions Limited
	Redstone Group Holdings Limited
	Redstone I4E Limited
	Redstone Managed Solutions Limited
	Redstone plc
	Redstone Telecommunications Limited
	Systematic Telecoms Limited
	Xpert Communications Limited
	Xpert Group Limited

 

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