Directorate Change

Skillcast Group PLC

24 June 2024

 

24 June 2024

Skillcast Group plc

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

Director changes

Skillcast Group plc (AIM: SKL), the provider of content and technology for digital compliance transformation, is pleased to announce the appointment of James Saralis as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 July 2024.

James is currently Chief Executive Officer of NAHL Group plc ("NAHL"), an AIM listed marketing and services business focused on the UK consumer legal market, which he joined in January 2018. Prior to being appointed as NAHL's CEO in 2021, James served as NAHL's Chief Financial Officer and was instrumental in the strategic and operational development of NAHL.

James has a wealth of experience both operationally and of the AIM market. Previously, he spent over 10 years in the general insurance industry, including as CFO of the Direct & Partnerships and Employee Benefits divisions of Jelf, part of Marsh & McLennan Companies. James has also held various finance roles in Clearspeed Technology plc, HBOS plc and RAC plc. He is a Chartered Accountant and fellow of the ICAEW, having been a member since 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Bristol.

James will be appointed as chair of Skillcast's remuneration committee and will be a member of the audit committee.

As set out in the Company's 2023 annual report, Isabel Napper, non-executive director, will not be standing for re-election as a director of Skillcast at the Company's forthcoming annual general meeting on 25 June 2024. The Board would like to thank Isabel for her significant contribution guiding the Company through its IPO in 2021 and for her counsel over the last three years.

Regulatory disclosures

James David Saralis, aged 45, is or has been a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships in the past five years:

Current directorships/partnerships

Past directorships/partnerships

·      National Legal Helpline LLP (LLP Designated Member) ·      National Conveyancing Partners Ltd ·      NAHL Group Plc ·      Accident Helpline Limited ·      NAH Legal Services Limited ·      Searches UK Limited ·      Inside Eye Ltd ·      Tiger Claims Limited ·      National Accident Helpline Limited ·      Lawyers Agency Services Limited ·      Project Jupiter Limited ·      NAH Support Services Limited ·      Bush & Company Rehabilitation Limited ·      NAH Group Limited ·      Consumer Champion Group Limited ·      NAH Holdings Limited

·      Homeward Legal Limited

He does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company.

For further information, please contact:

Skillcast Group plc Richard Amos, Chairman Vivek Dodd, CEO Richard Steele, CFO	[phone]
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Broker) James Reeve / Piers Shimwell (Corporate Finance) Jos Pinnington / Tony Quirke (Corporate Broking and Sales)	[phone]

About Skillcast Group plc

Skillcast helps companies build ethical, inclusive, and resilient workplaces. It provides content and technology to digitise and streamline compliance processes and manage them from a single compliance portal. Its product range includes a Learning management system with comprehensive off-the-shelf compliance course libraries, a Policy hub, Staff declarations, Anonymous surveys, CPD tracking, and compliance registers for gifts, expenses, PA dealing, whistleblowing.

 

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