Board Appointments

Cirata PLC

01 October 2024

 

1 October 2024

Cirata plc

("Cirata" or the "Company")

Board Appointments

Cirata (LSE: CRTA), is pleased to announce that Amanda Jobbins and Eric Collins have been appointed as Non‐Executive Directors with immediate effect.

Mr Peter Lees, Senior Independent Director (SID) who joined the board 9 August 2022, and chairs the Nomination Committee, will resign from his position effective 31 December 2024.   

Amanda brings with her a wealth of international experience, having served as Global Chief Marketing Officer for major SaaS and IT enterprise software companies in the USA, Europe and Asia. Amanda currently serves as Global Chief Marketing Officer for Vodafone Business and Director of GTM & Strategic Partners. Prior to this, she was Global Chief Marketing Officer at Infor as well as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Business Development at Oracle.

Eric is a seasoned entrepreneur and business builder in addition to being the co-founder of Impact X Capital Partners: a venture capital firm founded to back underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe and the USA, in sectors such as technology, healthcare, education and media.

Eric served as Chief Operating Officer of Digital Surgery, acquired by Medtronic in 2020, which is a global leader in healthcare technology. Prior to this, Eric served as Chief Revenue and Distribution Officer at SwiftKey, a virtual keyboard app that was acquired by Microsoft in 2016, where he was responsible for driving both user and revenue growth.

Ken Lever, Chair, commented:

"Amanda and Eric bring broad business experience across a range of sectors to our board. Amanda has an excellent track record across major enterprise software businesses that will help Cirata capitalise on its potential through investment in sales, marketing and products. Eric's business acumen and proven ability as a revenue builder and value creator will be invaluable as we look to deliver on our growth strategy and meet our medium-term ambitions. We are delighted to have both on board.

During this period of major change and transition for Cirata Peter Lees' guidance and advice has been invaluable.  The board extends its sincere thanks for the contribution Peter has made and wishes him well for the future."

Regulatory disclosure - The following disclosures are made in accordance with Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Amanda Catherine St Levans Jobbins, aged 56, holds no ordinary shares or options in the Company. Amanda's current and previous directorships are as follows:

Current Directorships/Partnerships	Previous Directorships/Partnerships (last 5 years)
The Cabin Gym Limited Dowding Levans Capital Limited Dabco Limited Cable & Wireless Trade Mark Management Limited	Hang Technologies Limited

Eric Davis Collins, aged 58, holds no ordinary shares or options in the Company. Eric's current and previous directorships are as follows:

Current Directorships/Partnerships	Previous Directorships/Partnerships (last 5 years)
Impact X Capital Partners LLP Impact X Launch LLP IXC I (Scotland) Ltd IXC I (England) Ltd IXC I FP LP Impact X Operations LLP Impact X Studios Limited The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs Autograph ABP Looted LLP	Tech Nation Group Limited

Save for the disclosures above, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.

For further information, please contact: 

Cirata	[phone]
Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer
Ijoma Maluza, Chief Financial Officer
Daniel Hayes, Investor Relations
FTI Consulting	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Kwaku Aning / Usama Ali
Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker)	[phone]
Fred Walsh / Ben Good / Sarah Wong
Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker)	[phone]
Max Jones / John More

About Cirata

Cirata, accelerates data-driven revenue growth by automating data transfer and integration to modern cloud analytics and AI platforms without downtime or disruption. With Cirata, data leaders can leverage the power of AI and analytics across their entire enterprise data estate to freely choose analytics technologies, avoid vendor, platform, or cloud lock-in while making AI and analytics faster, cheaper, and more flexible. Cirata's portfolio of products and technology solutions make strategic adoption of modern data analytics efficient and automated. For more information about Cirata, visit www.cirata.com

 

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