Board Appointment

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OMG PLC

09 October 2012

 



09 October 2012

OMG plc

Board Appointment

-Appointment of New Non-Executive Director-

OMG plc, Oxford Metrics Group (LSE: OMG), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, is pleased to announce the appointment of Adrian C Carey as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. With this appointment, the OMG Board's non-executive representation is expanded from 2 to 3.

Adrian C Carey, aged 54, has more than 25 years of boardroom experience, primarily in the technology, legal and educational service sectors. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Exchange Group, a private equity backed adult skills training provider, and Non-Executive Director of Syrris Ltd., a rapidly growing private business that is a world leader in microfluidics, flow chemistry, micro-reactor and automation technology.

Prior to this, Adrian was Executive Chairman (September 2007 - February 2009) then Non-Executive Director (February 2009 - July 2010) of Melorio plc, an AIM listed vocational training provider and market leader in the ICT, construction and logistics sectors, which was bought by Pearson in June 2010. He was also Non-Executive Director (February 2007 - July 2008) of Impellam Group plc, the AIM listed, leading supplier of staffing solutions in the UK and USA, which was formed from a merger of The Corporate Services Group plc and Carlisle plc in May 2008.

During his earlier career, Adrian was CEO for three companies over a 17 year period, prior to which he was a finance director, venture capitalist and Chartered Accountant. 

There is no further information required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.

Confirming the appointment, OMG Chairman Anthony Simonds-Gooding said:

"I am delighted to welcome Adrian to the OMG Board and I look forward to working with him. This appointment further strengthens our non-executive representation and Adrian will bring valuable perspectives to the business going forward. I am confident that his substantial boardroom and technology experience will be invaluable to OMG and we are very pleased to have such a knowledgeable addition to the Board."

For further information please contact:

OMG plc	[phone]
Nick Bolton, CEO
David Deacon, CFO
FTI Consulting	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Emma Appleton / Charles Palmer / Jessica Liebmann
Singer Capital Markets (NOMAD to OMG)	[phone]
Shaun Dobson

About OMG

OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group. LSE: OMG) is a group of technology companies producing image understanding products and services for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries.

Be it for capturing the movements of actors (for the movie industry),sportsmen (for video games or improving team performance), or children with Cerebral Palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries); or recording the condition of highways and the assets that surround them; or even providing image intelligence and situational awareness from drone aircraft. Through this diversified offering the Group has earned its strong international reputation for precision from pixels.

Founded in 1984, the Group is headquartered in Oxford, UK, and has four offices in the US and two in the UK. It has customers in over 50 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through four operating subsidiaries:  Vicon, the world's largest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for defence applications, Yotta, our highways surveying business and OMG Life our new consumer subsidiary.

The Group's global clients spanning the worlds of science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming, film and broadcast include: major hospitals and research facilities such as Guy's Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Loughborough University, engineering industry leaders including: Ford Motor Company, BMW, Airbus and Toyota, and in the entertainment sector; Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA and Square Enix. In highways, clients include: East Sussex, Lancashire, Transport for London, Cheshire East and West as well as many others.

For more information about OMG, visit www.omgplc.com.

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