Directorate Change

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Ebiquity PLC

14 December 2018

 

 Ebiquity plc

("Ebiquity" or "the Company")

Directorate Change

Ebiquity, a leading independent global media and marketing consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Newman as Chief Financial and Operating Officer. Alan will join the Company on 7^th January 2019 and be appointed as an executive Director of the Board. Kevin McNair, currently Interim Chief Financial Officer, will step down from the role and the Board on 7^th January 2019.

Alan has extensive public company experience having spent almost ten years as CFO of YouGov plc, the AIM-listed global market research and data analytics group. He is currently Chair of the Audit Committee of Future plc and Deputy Chair of the Quoted Companies Alliance. Prior to YouGov plc, Alan was a partner at EY and previously at KPMG where he provided board level advisory and consulting services specialising in the media, technology and telecoms sector. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Michael Karg, Group CEO, Ebiquity says: 

"Alan is an exceptional addition to Ebiquity's executive team. He brings a vital combination of public company and media sector expertise as we continue our business transformation. I and the team look forward to working closely with him."

Alan Newman says:

"Ebiquity is well positioned to take advantage of media industry trends and I feel this is an exciting time to join the business. I look forward to being part of an inspiring team and working with Michael and the Executive team to help Ebiquity to develop and successfully exploit its market opportunities."

Further information on Alan Newman

Mr Newman (full name Alan Philip Stephen Newman), aged 61 currently holds the following directorships:

Future plc	Freud Museum London (registered charity)
The Quoted Companies Alliance	Freud Museum Publications Limited
Newlawns Limited

Mr Newman has been a Director of the following companies within the last five years:

YouGov plc	YouGov Services Limited
YGV Finance Limited	YouGovStone Limited
Portent.io Limited	CoEditor Limited
Doughty Media 2 Limited	YouGov America Inc.
YouGov Deutschland GmbH	YouGov France SASU
YouGov Malaysia Sdn, Bhd	YouGov M.E. Egypt LLC
YouGov M.E. FZ-LLC	YouGov Nordic &Baltic A/S
YouGov Research Pty Limited	YouGov Thailand Company Limited
PT YouGov Consulting Indonesia	Consilium Limited, Hong Kong
	Anyada Limited

There is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.

14 December 2018

Enquiries:

Ebiquity plc Michael Karg (CEO) Mark Sanford (Company Secretary)	Via Instinctif Partners
Instinctif Partners Matthew Smallwood Guy Scarborough	020 7457 2020
Numis Securities Limited Nick Westlake (NOMAD) Michael Wharton	020 7260 1000

 

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