Board Appointment

RNS Number : 9605B

dotDigital Group plc

11 March 2014

 



dotDigital Group plc

("dotDigital", the "Company" or the "Group")

Board Appointment, Operational Board Changes and Senior Management appointments

Appointment of CFO

dotDigital Group Plc (AIM: DOTD), the UK's leading provider of intuitive email marketing and marketing automation software and managed services to digital marketing professionals, is pleased to announce the appointment of Milan Patel, aged 29 as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Director. This appointment is with immediate effect.

Milan joined dotMailer in 2007 and was appointed as Company Secretary of the Group in 2009. Milan is a Chartered Certified Accountant and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments. Over the last seven years he has guided the Company through its reverse acquisition of West End Ventures PLC onto the Plus Market and latterly the successful Introduction of the Company onto the AIM market. Milan has been instrumental in supporting the rapid organic growth of the Company being responsible for financial management, planning, reporting, risk, regulatory compliance and governance and most recently the implementation of dotDigital's maiden dividend.  Milan has over 8 years' experience in Finance and Accounting.

Milan is the beneficial holder of 382,078 ordinary shares of dotDigital ("Ordinary Shares"), which equates to a beneficial interest in 0.14% of the total issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company, and holds options over 2,087,397 Ordinary Shares under the Company's EMI option scheme.

Peter Simmonds, Chief Executive, commented:

"I am delighted to formally welcome Milan to the Board after seven years' service with the Company. Milan has been part of the Board team for the past 5 years in his role as Company Secretary and has been instrumental in managing the process of moving dotDigital onto the public market, supporting the Board's decision making process and managing the financial controls. I look forward to continuing to work closely with Milan now that he has formally been appointed as the Company's CFO.

The following information is disclosable pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Current directorships / partnerships

Dot Mailer Limited
DotSearch Europe Limited
DotAgency Limited
Innovative Business Solutions Ltd

Past directorships / partnerships

There are no past directorships to disclose.

Save as disclosed above, there is no information in relation to the appointment of Milan Patel which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Operational Board Change

Gordon "Skip" Fidura, Client Services Director, who has been with dotDigital since 2009, will be moving from the dotDigital plc Board to the Company's Operational Board to focus on revenue growth across email related value added services.

Peter Simmonds, Chief Executive, added:

"Skip's focus now, as part of the Operational Board, will be invaluable to drive the continued revenue growth of our email related value added Services."

Senior Appointments

dotDigital has continued to invest in new senior hires as the Company continues to focus on developing a higher value marketing automation business.

Peter Duffy joins as Senior Business Development Manager, targeting large enterprise opportunities and comes to dotDigital with 18 years' experience in the digital marketing space, including eDialog (eBay Enterprise), Teradata and Responsys. He holds an MBA from Cass Business School.

Chris Boddice joins the Operational Board as Marketing Director from ODEON Cinemas where he was a dotMailer client.  He brings over 20 years of marketing experience in B2B and B2C through traditional and digital channels at brands such as Ford, Sainsbury's and O2 as well as integrated agencies such as EHS and TBWA\ GGT.

Peter Simmonds, commented on the new hires:

"Peter Duffy is a seasoned sales manager with a proven track record in our industry. He is a very strong addition to our talented sales team and Chris Boddice brings a wealth of marketing experience including his time as a client of ours whilst at Odeon. His knowledge of marketing technology and eCRM will be immensely valuable in helping drive our strategy of being the best provider of marketing automation to fast growing mid-size enterprises."

For further enquiries please contact:

dotDigital Group Plc Peter Simmonds, Chief Executive Milan Patel, CFO	Tel: [phone]
Financial PR and Investor Relations Lisa Baderoon [e-mail]	Tel: [phone]
N+1 Singer, NOMAD & Broker Shaun Dobson, Head of Corporate Finance Nick Donovan, Corporate Finance Graeme Summers, Head of Corporate Broking	Tel: [phone]
finnCap, Joint Broker Stuart Andrews, Corporate Finance Brian Patient, Corporate Broking	Tel: [phone]

 

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