Directorate Change
Mobile Tornado Group PLC
24 November 2006
Mobile Tornado Group plc
('Mobile Tornado' or 'the Company')
Board Changes
Mobile Tornado Group plc the instant communications company specialising in
Push-To-Talk ('PTT') services today announces the following Board changes:
• Peter Robert Wilkinson (52) joins the Company as Non-Executive Chairman but
will be working closely with the Executive Directors in the delivery of
Mobile Tornado's strategic plan. Peter is currently Chief Executive of
InTechnology Group plc. Peter was formerly Chairman of Sports Internet
Group plc which was sold to BSkyB plc for £301 million in May 2000. He also
invented the free ISP model Freeserve, the internet access service which
was launched by the Dixons Group plc.
• Jeremy Mark Fenn (43) joins Mobile Tornado as Chief Financial Officer and
acting Chief Executive. Jeremy is a qualified chartered accountant and was
formerly Chief Executive of Sports Internet Group plc. Following the sale
he remained as a director of Skysports.com until December 2003. Prior to
this he was Managing Director of Leeds United Football Club from 1996 to
1999. He is currently a non-executive director of Yoomedia plc and a
director of Pannal plc.
• David Parry (56) joins the Company as VP Worldwide Sales. David brings
significant strategic management and commercial leadership to Mobile
Tornado. He has a demonstrable record of achievement growing sales in
multi-national technology, manufacturing and distribution enterprises and
for the past 6 years has worked with InTechnology plc, leading sales
development in the Managed Services and IT Security divisions
• Eyal Fishler (29) joins the board as Chief Technology Officer. Eyal was the
original developer of the Mobile Tornado technology having previously
served in a classified communications unit of the Israel Defence Force.
Before working for Mobile Tornado, he was involved in developing several
innovative technologies, including a three dimensional virtual reality
device and a biometrics speech recognition system.
• Richard Mark James (46) joins the Company as Company Secretary. Richard
qualified as a solicitor with Allen & Overy in 1986 and was a Partner at
Pinsent Curtis in 1991 before moving to Hammond Suddards as a Partner in
1996. Richard is also a Director and Company Secretary of InTechnology
Group plc.
• John Paul Swingewood (51) stands down as Executive Chairman of Mobile
Tornado to become a Non-Executive Director.
As previously announced on 25 September 2006, Mark Hughes resigned on 23rd
October 2006 as Finance Director and Company Secretary to pursue other business
opportunities.
The Company also announces that Christopher Akers, a Non-Executive Director of
the Company, has resigned from the board with immediate effect.
Commenting on the Board appointments Peter Wilkinson, Mobile Tornado's new
non-executive Chairman, said;
'Following the conclusion of the Company's refinancing I am delighted to
announce the appointment of a new board. I have worked very closely with Jeremy
and David in the past and am confident that the skill sets they bring will help
the Company to realise its enormous potential.
The introduction of Eyal onto the Board demonstrates our belief in the technical
platform he and his team have created and my commitment to ensure that it
remains at the forefront of the instant communications revolution.'
The contents of this announcement include the full disclosures required under
Schedule 2, Para (g) of the AIM Rules.
For further details please contact:
Mobile Tornado Group plc
Jeremy Fenn, Chief Financial Officer Tel: +44 (0) 7734 475888
Corporate Synergy
Rhod Cruwys/John Prior / Romil Patel Tel: +44 (0)20 7448 4400
Buchanan Communications
Charles Ryland / James Strong Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Peter Wilkinson is currently, or has been in the past five years, a director of
the following companies:
Current: Past:
InTechnology Group plc Digital Interactive Television Group Ltd
Integrated Technology (Europe) Ltd The Gaming Channel Bookmakers Limited
Web (M&E) Products Planetfootball.com Ltd
Holf Technologies Ltd Joe Huddlestone (Dormant) Limited
Vdata Ltd Songplayer Limited
HOLF Leisure Limited Sports Internet Group plc
HOLF Limited The Gadget Shop Limited
Wilkinson Building Co Ltd The New Gadget Shop Limited
Firace Limited Ecom Group Technology Limited
Sports Etail Limited
UTV Radio (GB) Limited
Voicescape Plc
Voicescape Solutions Limited
Channel 6 Internet Ltd
Channel 6 Online Ltd
Peter Wilkinson was a director of The Gadget Shop Limited and The New Gadget
Shop Limited, both of which went into administration in March 2005. The outcome
of the administration process is as yet unknown.
Jeremy Fenn is currently, or has been in the past five years, a director of the
following companies:
Current: Past:
Eescape Holdings Limited Alliance Pharma Plc
Eescape Limited Auto V.I.P. Solutions Limited
Inside Trace 3 LLP BSkyB Sports Holdings Limited
Interactive Television Holdings Limited Getmedia plc
Jade Film Partners Interactive Music Technology Ltd
Opal Film Partners Planet Football.com Limited
Venus Film Partners Sports Internet Group Limited
Yoomedia plc Surrey Group Limited
Pannal plc The Surrey Golf Company Limited
David Parry is currently, or has been in the past five years, a director of the
following companies:
Current: Past:
None Celstrat Limited
Dulhoe Hill Associates Limited
Eyal Fishler is currently, or has been in the past five years, a director of the
following companies:
Current: Past:
None None
Richard James is currently, or has been in the past five years, a director of
the following companies:
Current: Past:
InTechnology Group plc Peerless Technology Group plc
The Directors joining the Board have the following holdings in the Company:
Ordinary shares held % of issued share Warrants Share options
capital
Peter Wilkinson 24,536,392 14.25 1,250,000 -
Eyal Fishler 9,119,259 5.30 - 1,800,000
Jeremy Fenn 7,723,271 4.49 375,000 -
David Parry - - - 1,800,000
Richard James 2,959,870 1.72 - -
About Mobile Tornado
Mobile Tornado Group plc is listed on AIM in London. It sells software licences
and services to mobile operators and enterprises worldwide through a number of
distribution partners. These partners include Nortel and Alcatel. Mobile Tornado
specialises in providing platforms and applications in the mobile data services
market including presence-based messaging, push to talk, push to video and
related services. 10 networks are currently licensed to use the Group's
technology and the countries served now include China, India, and Nigeria.
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