Appointment of Chairman
Amino Technologies PLC
02 January 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 January 2007
AMINO TECHNOLOGIES PLC
APPOINTMENT OF KEITH TODD AS CHAIRMAN
Amino Technologies plc ('Amino' or the 'Company'; stock code: AMO), the
Cambridge based broadband network software and systems company is pleased to
announce the appointment with immediate effect of Keith Todd, CBE, as
non-executive Chairman and Director.
Mr. Todd, aged 53, is executive Chairman and CEO of FFastFill plc; a software
and services company focussed on the capital markets and non-executive Chairman
of Magic Lantern, a new media company supplying the broadband market.
Keith served as non-executive Chairman of the UK Broadband Stakeholder Group for
three years from February 2002. The group included the key stakeholders, both
from the public sector and industry and is focussed on identifying actions that
will accelerate the adoption of broadband services in the UK. He was also
non-executive Chairman of Easynet plc, a broadband services company, until
January 2006 when it was sold to B-Sky-B and of E C Soft which was sold to Cyber
Inc. in January 2003.
He was previously Chief Executive of ICL plc from 1996 to 2000 (now Fujitsu
Services) and was responsible for the transformation of ICL from a hardware
product company to a $4 billion revenue IT services company. He held a number of
other senior executive positions in ICL and GEC Marconi defence businesses,
including working in the US for five years between 1981 and 1986. He started his
career in the public sector.
He was awarded the CBE in June 2006 for his services to the telecommunications
industry.
He was Treasurer of the Open University for eight years and is a lifetime member
of BAFTA, a Fellow of the Institute of Management Accountants and the Royal
Society for the Arts.
Bob Giddy, Amino's Chief Executive, said:
'We are pleased to welcome the appointment of Keith Todd as our new Chairman.
Keith brings to Amino a combination of both large and small public company
experience together with a huge experience of the internet broadband sector.'
The Company expects to appoint a further non-executive Director in due course.
CONTACTS
Amino Technologies: 01954-234100
Keith Todd, Chairman www.aminocom.com
Bob Giddy, Chief Executive
Stuart Darling, Finance Director
Bankside: 020-7367-8883
Steve Liebmann or Simon Bloomfield
KBC Peel Hunt Ltd: 020-7418-8900
Julian Blunt or David Anderson
Additional information
Thomas Keith Todd is currently a director of FFastFill plc, Knotty Green
Consultants Ltd., Ffastfill UK Ltd., Ffastfill Europe Ltd., FFastFill Inc.,
Ffastfill France SAS, Ffastfill Australia Pty. Ltd., FFastFill FD Ltd., Future
Dynamics Inc., Spredmania Ltd. and Magic Lantern Production Ltd. In the past
five years, he has been a director of Easynet plc, Red Gateway Ltd., The
Securities Market Technology Services Company Ltd., Vinepoint Ltd. and Cyber
Europe Ltd.
No further disclosure is required under Paragraph (g) to Schedule Two of the AIM
Rules with respect to Thomas Keith Todd.
About Amino
Amino Technologies plc (www.aminocom.com) designs and supplies Electronic
systems, software and consultancy for IPTV (telco triple-play applications),
on-demand video and in-home multimedia distribution delivered through three
operating divisions.
Amino Communications supplies the AmiNETTM series of high performance IPTV
set-top boxes and gateways for development in the telecommunications, broadcast
and hospitality markets. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the
IntActTM IPTV software stack for customer premises solutions to OEMs enabling
them to supply IPTV set-top boxes and gateways for larger scale deployments and
the hospitality sector.
Amino is partnered with world-leading companies in systems integration,
middleware, conditional access, semi-conductor, head-end systems and browser
technologies.
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