Directorate Change

RNS Number : 0918T
First Derivatives PLC
10 December 2012
 



First Derivatives plc

("First Derivatives" or the "Company")

 

Directorate Change

 

First Derivatives plc (AIM: FDP.L, ESM: GYQ.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Seamus Keating as a Non Executive Director of the Company.

 

Seamus has over twenty years experience in the global technology sector in both finance and operational roles and was a main board director of Logica plc from 2002 until April 2012.  He was Logica Group CFO until 2010 when he became COO and head of its Benelux operations.  He also chaired the group's worldwide Financial Services practice.  Having implemented a major restructuring plan in the Benelux region, he resigned from Logica plc, ahead of its acquisition by CGI of Canada.  Prior to his role at Logica, he worked for the Olivetti Group in finance roles in the UK and Italy.  He is currently working in the mid market private equity technology sector.

 

Seamus joined the board of Mouchel Group plc and became chair of the audit committee in November 2010, following a number of profit warnings, and remained on the board until September 2012, when the company was restructured and placed into Administration and its  business  purchased by a buyout company owned by its lenders.

 

Brian Conlon, CEO of First Derivatives, commented; "I am delighted to welcome a Director of Seamus' pedigree to the Board.  His wide ranging experience with world class technology businesses in our sector will provide valuable insights as we expand the size and the breadth of our business."

 

Details of directorships that Seamus Declan Keating, aged 49, holds, or has held in the previous five years, are given below:

 

Current directorships:

Skapital Limited

 

Past directorships:

Logica PLC

Mouchel Group plc

 

Save for the declarations above there is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

First Derivatives plc

+44(0)28 3025 2242

Brian Conlon, Chief Executive

www.firstderivatives.com

Graham Ferguson, Chief Financial Officer




Charles Stanley Securities
Nominated Adviser and Broker

+44 (0)20 7149 6000

Russell Cook


Carl Holmes




Goodbody Corporate Finance
ESM Adviser and Broker

+353 1 667 0420

Diane Hodgson


Linda Hickey




Walbrook PR

+44 (0)20 7933 8780

Bob Huxford

bob.huxford@walbrookpr.com

Paul Cornelius

paul.cornelius@walbrookir.com



Stakeholder Communications

+44 (0) 2890 339949

Jonathan King


John Hart


 

 

About First Derivatives

 

First Derivatives is a global provider of software and consulting services to the financial services industry. With over 15 years experience working with leading financial institutions, it continues to deliver technologically advanced, award winning products and services that anticipate and respond to the evolving needs of global capital markets.

 

First Derivatives currently employs over 710 people worldwide and counts many of the world's top investment banks, brokers and hedge funds as its customers. It has operations in London, New York, Stockholm, Shanghai, Singapore, Toronto, Sydney, Dublin, Newry and Hong Kong.

 


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