Directorate Change

RNS Number : 7083D

The Vitec Group PLC

18 September 2008

 



18 September 2008

The Vitec Group plc

Directorate changes

The Vitec Group plc (the 'Group') announces the following changes to the Board:

Gareth Rhys Williams, chief executive of the Group since 2001, has informed the Board of his intention to leave the Group to become chief executive of a company controlled by a UK based private equity group that manufactures and sells safety equipment worldwide. The nominations committee is currently undertaking a process, involving both external and internal candidates, to identify and appoint a successor to Gareth. A further announcement will be made in due course. 

Alastair Hewgill has been appointed interim chief executive of the Group, with effect from 1 October 2008. Alastair joined the Group in 2002 as group finance director and his appointment will ensure continuity. Gareth will continue with the business until early November.

Richard Cotton, 47, has been appointed group finance director and will join the Group in November 2008. Richard is currently group finance director of Wagon plc, a leading European automotive engineering group listed in the UK. 

Michael Harper, chairman of the Group, said:

'Gareth leaves Vitec with the Board's best wishes for the next stage of his career. He can be proud of what he and the team have achieved. Until a new chief executive is appointed, he leaves the Group in Alastair's experienced and capable hands.

'I would like to welcome Richard Cotton to the Group. Thanks to the combined efforts of Gareth and Alastair, together with the rest of the Group's management team, he joins a Group which is in good shape and well positioned for the opportunities and challenges ahead. I look forward to his contribution to the Board and the Group.' 

Enquiries:

The Vitec Group plc

Michael Harper, chairman: 020 8939 4650

Alastair Hewgill, interim chief executive: 020 8939 4650

Financial Dynamics

Richard Mountain: 020 7269 7186

  Notes to editors:

1.    Vitec is an international Group, principally serving customers in the worldwide media sector with products and services for the broadcast, entertainment and photographic industries. Vitec is based on strong, well known, premium brands that professionals rely on. Vitec is organised in three divisions: Imaging & Staging, Broadcast Systems and Broadcast Services. More information can be found at: www.vitecgroup.com

2.    Richard Cotton, 47, has been the group finance director of Wagon plc since April 2005. Richard is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, having graduated from Kingston University and Montpellier Business School. Prior to his role with Wagon, Richard was Group Finance Director of McLeod Russel Holdings plc until it was taken over by SPX Corporation in December 2003, after which he was VP General Manager of the merged business.  As part of his role with McLeod Russel Holdings, Richard was a director of each of the following companies which have been, or are in the process of being, liquidated. Each of these companies was dormant, however the companies were placed in creditors voluntary winding up by their shareholders (in each case ultimately owned by McLeod Russel Holdings) as their history of liabilities was unclear. The table below sets out the date of the shareholder resolution and, if dissolved, the date they were dissolved:

Company	Date of shareholder resolution	Date dissolved	Amount outstanding to creditors (£)
Air Filter Products Limited	8 December 2004	14 September 2005	139,940.00
Beck & Frost Limited	8 December 2004	14 September 2005	2,875.00
Buchanan's Warehouse Limited	27 January 2005	9 November 2005	0
CRC Air Filters Limited	27 January 2005	9 November 2005	900.00
Granyte Paints Limited	27 January 2005	4 November 2005	0
Hedgeferry Limited	27 January 2005	9 November 2005	900.00
Ideas Telecom Limited	27 January 2005	9 November 2005	900.00
Hole Holdings Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	0
Irwell Leasing Limited	8 December 2004	13 September 2005	50,675.00
Jeffes Engineering Limited	8 December 2004	13 September 2005	4,766.00
Joseph Mason Paints Limited	27 January 2005	9 November 2005	900.00
Joseph Mason Paints (Scotland) Limited	8 December 2004	10 September 2005	85.00
Kennedy Industrial Textiles
(1990) Limited	8 December 2004	10 September 2005	421,494.00
Kennedy Smale PLC	27 January 2005	8 November 2005	0
Perfection Products Limited	8 December 2004	8 November 2005	281,296.00
R & M Knitting & Machinery Limited	27 January 2005	9 November 2005	0
Seasafe Limited	8 December 2004	13 September 2005	22,900.00
Seldon (Air Conditioning) Limited	8 December 2004	15 September 2005	78,894.00
Warren PS Limited	5 August 2004	14 November 2007	20,099,800
Wheway Becker Limited	29 December 2004	13 September 2005	78,654.00
Wheway Distribution Limited	8 December 2004	15 September 2005	331,738.00
Wheway Network Systems Limited	29 December 2004	14 September 2005	82,357.00
Wheway (Old Hill) Limited	8 December 2004	15 September 2005	44,881.00
Airflow Construction Ltd	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	0
Blackwall Warehousing Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	1,000
Corroless International Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	1,000
Filter Supply & Manufacturing
Company Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	257,000.00
Granyte Surface Coating
(Southern) Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	0
H Sharp & Son Limited	18 July 2006	30 December 2007	0
Joseph Mason Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	1,000
Joseph Shakespeare & Co Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	0
NESW2 Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	0
NESW3 Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	900.19
NESW6 Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	43.44
NESW1 Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	0
NESW5 Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	0
Heat, Insulation & Ventilation Co. Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	1,000
Methworth Limited	26 September 2006	30 December 2007	1,000
WPH Papua New Guinea Plantations Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	0
Premium Coatings Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	11,000
Seldon (Refrigeration) Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	1,000
Wheway Corporate Services Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	1,000
Wheway Secretarial Services Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	1,000
Wilson Filters Limited	18 July 2006	9 January 2008	0

There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13

 

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