Appointment of Non-Executive Director

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Personal Group Holdings PLC

01 July 2019

 

Press Release

1 July 2019

Personal Group Holdings plc

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

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH), a technology-enabled employee services provider in the UK, is pleased to announce the appointment of Maria Darby-Walker to the Board as a Non-Executive Director, effective from 28 June 2019.

Maria has a wealth of marketing, brand and communications experience working with the boards of major blue-chip companies such as Rio Tinto, Rolls-Royce, Cadbury and Barclays. She has spent nearly half her career in financial services advising the likes of the Financial Conduct Authority, the Investment Association, Unum and Churchill Insurance on reputation management.

Mark Winlow, Chairman of Personal Group, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Maria to the Board; her knowledge of marketing, brand and digital communications, along with a background in financial services and regulation will be extremely beneficial to the Group. We are looking forward to Maria's input to the Group's strategy and growth going forward."

Directorships and Partnerships held by Maria Darby-Walker in the last five years:

Existing	Previous
Maria Darby-Walker Ltd	Gulf Keystone Petroleum plc
	MDW Communications LTD
	Impala Risk Consulting Limited

There are no other matters to be disclosed in relation to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) and (i) of the AIM Rules.

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mark Winlow - Chairman Deborah Frost- CEO	[phone]

Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Stephen Keys (Nomad)	[phone]
Russell Kerr (Sales)

Media enquiries:

Hudson Sandler
Nick Lyon / Lucy Wollam	[phone]
[e-mail]

Notes to Editors

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a technology enabled employee services business, working with employers to drive productivity though better employee engagement and a more motivated workforce. With over 30 years' experience, the Company provides employee benefits and services to over 2 million employees across the UK.

Personal Group's offer comprises in-house services including employee insurance products (hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit), the provision of home technology via salary sacrifice (iPads, computers, laptops, smart phones and smart TVs). Third party services include retail discounts, e-payslips, employee assistance programmes, wellbeing programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The offer is provided via the Company's proprietary technology platform, Hapi. The platform is intuitive, designed primarily for app deployment and also accessible via web and tablet, driving better engagement, communication and value recognition. Hapi is flexible and can quickly integrate additional services, such as existing employee services and partner platforms. Hapi is a digital Saas product.

Through technology and select acquisitions, the Company has grown its addressable market from 6m to over 27m UK employees; including 15.6m SME employees targeted via its partnership with Sage, the UK's largest software company.  

Personal Group's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offer compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  The acquisition of Innecto in February 2019 allows Personal Group to engage with clients earlier in their thinking around Pay and Reward, and to interact with a new base of blue-chip and fast growth clients typically at HR Director and CEO level.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including passenger transport, healthcare, logistics and food manufacturing. Clients include: Stagecoach, Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group, Spire Healthcare, Bibby, 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.   

For further information, please see www.personalgroup.com

 

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