Board Appointments

RNS Number : 0734B

Gama Aviation PLC

05 January 2018

 

5 January 2018

Gama Aviation Plc (AIM: GMAA)
("Gama", "Gama Aviation" or the "Company")

Board Appointments

Gama Aviation Plc, the global aviation services company, today is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Richard Steeves and Neil Medley to the Board of Gama Aviation Plc. These appointments are in line with the Company's stated ambition to strengthen its leadership team and position the Company for its next stage of growth.

Dr Richard Steeves joins the Gama board as an independent non-executive director. Richard founded and built up Synergy Health plc ("Synergy"), the FTSE 250 outsourcer, established in 1991. Synergy grew from a £12 million market cap at the 2001 listing on AIM into a global medical hygiene business worth £1.4 billion at the time of its takeover by Steris Inc, the Ohio-based sterilisation equipment maker, on 2 October 2015. Richard grew Synergy both organically and through acquisition and brings to the Board valuable experience in building an international outsourcing service business. 

Neil Medley, the Company's current Chief Operating Officer ("COO"), has also been appointed to the Board. Neil joined Gama in September 2016, as COO, a new position within the leadership team.  Neil joined the business from his former post of COO of BAE Systems Applied Intelligence (formerly Detica plc until its acquisition by BAE Systems plc). Neil has been working alongside Marwan Khalek, Chief Executive of Gama Aviation, to improve business performance across all geographies.

Sir Ralph Robins, Chairman of Gama Aviation Plc commented:

"I am delighted to welcome Richard to the Group. He brings a wealth of commercial and international experience to the business at a time when we are developing our business globally.

Neil was appointed COO of the Group in September 2016 and has already made a valuable impact on the organisation since his appointment. I look forward to him contributing his knowledge and experience as a Board director of Gama." 

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Gama Aviation Plc                                        [phone]

Marwan Khalek, Chief Executive

Camarco                                                         [phone]

Ginny Pulbrook

Geoffrey Pelham-Lane

Jefferies International                                 [phone]

(Nominated Advisor & Broker)

Simon Hardy

Will Soutar

Gama Aviation - Notes to Editors

Gama Aviation (GMAA) is a global business aviation services company that specialises in providing support for individuals, corporations and government agencies. Gama Aviation is now one of the top three global players in a highly fragmented market, with a fleet of around 250 aircraft. Gama operates across Europe, the US, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

AIM Rules for Companies Schedule 2 (g) information

Richard Steeves, aged 56, holds or has held the following directorships in the five years preceding his appointment to the Gama Aviation Plc Board.

Current directorships:
Director, TrustFlight Ltd. Director, Trafalgar Entertainment Group Ltd.	September 2017 - Present March 2017 - Present
Chairman, Future Health Works Ltd.	January 2017 - Present
Chairman, Advanced Research Cryptography Ltd.	December 2016 - Present
Partner, Golconda Aircraft Leasing LLP	September 2013 - Present
Director, Golconda Investments Ltd.	June 2008 - Present
Previous directorships, last 5 years:
Group CEO, Synergy Health Plc	November 1991 - October 2015
Director, Dormer Place Restaurants Ltd.	July 2016 - November 2017
Director, Synergy Health Limited	April 1997 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Health Systems Limited	March 2007 - November 2015
Director, SHILOH Properties Limited	October 2005 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Healthcare (UK) Limited	April 2001 - November 2015
Director, Isotron Limited	October 2005 - November 2015
Director, MT Health Limited	October 2005 - November 2015
Director, Trust Sterile Services Limited	October 2005 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Health US Holdings Limited	March 2011 - November 2015
Director, Healthex Synergy Limited	November 1999 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Health (UK) Limited	October 2005 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Healthcare Limited	March 2007 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Health International Limited	January 2007 - November 2015
Director, Vernon-Carus Limited	November 2007 - November 2015
Director, Vernon and Co. Limited	November 2007 - November 2015
Director, Drug Test Limited	April 2007 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Health Investments Limited	April 2007 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Health Holdings Limited	January 2007 - November 2015
Director, Synlab Laboratory Services Limited	April 2007 - November 2015
Director, STS Synergy Limited	November 1991 - November 2015
Director, SHILOH Limited	October 2005 - November 2015
Director, Synergy Health Sterilisation UK Limited	February 2007 - November 2015
Nonexecutive Chairman, Frontier Smart Technologies Limited	October 2013 - June 2015
Director, Grendonstar Distribution Limited	February 2008 - September 2014
Director, JMJ Laboratories Limited	November 2007 - September 2014
Director, Ebis Iotron Limited	April 2007 - September 2014
Director, Reed Shilling Limited	December 2006 - September 2014
Director, SHILOH Mobility Limited	October 2005 - September 2014
Director, Venture Health Care Limited	October 2005 - September 2014
Non-Executive Chairman, Frontier Smart Technologies Limited (formerly Toumaz Ltd)	September 2012 - May 2014

Richard Steeves was a silent investor in Dormer Place Restaurants Ltd.  In July 2016 the two directors, the head chef and his wife, decided to resign and emigrate to Australia.  Richard stepped in as a director in July 2016, but the impact of the UK's decision to leave the European Union had a significant impact on cost inflation, staff retention and consumer demand.  The business became unviable and it was placed into a Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation on the 30^th November 2017.

Neil Medley, aged 42, holds or has held the following directorships in the five years preceding his appointment to the Gama Aviation Plc Board.

Current directorships: None
Previous directorships, last 5 years:
Detica Limited	November 2012 - June 2016
Detica Consulting Group Ltd	October 2013 - December 2015
Detica System Integration Ltd	October 2013 - June 2016
Rubus Limited	October 2013 - July 2015
Detica International Limited	October 2013 - June 2016

In relation to the appointments of Richard Steeves and Neil Medley to the Board, there is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

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