Synchronica PLC
24 August 2007
August 24, 2007
Synchronica plc
Change of Chairman
Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC.LN), the mobile synchronisation and device management
company today announces the appointment of David Mason as Chairman with
immediate effect.
David Mason, a non-executive director of the Company since April 2007, takes
over the role from David Wickham who will continue to serve the board as a
non-executive director. Announcing his decision to stand down Mr Wickham said:
"I have enjoyed the challenge of acting as Chairman of Synchronica during a
period of rapid change and progress at the Company. A successful restructuring
of the company and the recent major contract wins with SmartTrust and Sun
Microsystems are testament to a lot of good work over recent years as
Synchronica has built a strong foundation for future success."
Commenting on his appointment as Chairman, David Mason said: "The Board is
indebted to David Wickham for his guidance as Chairman over a period which has
been crucial in the development of the business. I look forward to working
closely with our Chief Executive Officer Carsten Brinkschulte as we build on our
recent contract successes."
David Andrew Mason, 57, has many years of experience in the telecommunication
and software development industry having delivered consultancy services in over
40 countries. Mr Mason was the founder and Chief Executive of the Mason Group
from 1993 until 2004. He built the Mason Group into the UK's leading independent
telecoms/IT consultancy (Industry Research Group survey) with over 200 staff,
offices in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin and an annual fee income of
over £21m with extensive list of the blue chip UK and international clients,
including 34 of the FTSE 100 and public sector bodies.
Enquiries:
Synchronica plc Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO, +44 (0) 7977256 406
Angus Dent, CFO, +44 (0) 7977256 347
Nicole Meissner, CMO +44 (0) 7977256 412
Corfin Communications Ben Hunt, Harry Chathli +44 (0) 207929 8985
Seymour Pierce David Newton +44 (0) 207107 8000
About Synchronica
Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard synchronisation and
device management solutions for mobile operators, device manufacturers, and
enterprises. Its product portfolio ranges from data synchronization (DS) to
device management (DM) and firmware update over the air (FOTA). Products include
the mobile device management suite Mobile Manager and the Push Email and
synchronization solution Mobile Gateway. Headquartered in the UK with a
development centre in Germany, and offices in Hong Kong and Dubai Synchronica
plc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange
(SYNC.LN). More information is available at www.synchronica.com.
About Synchronica Mobile Gateway
Synchronica's Mobile Gateway is a carrier-grade middleware solution providing
push e-mail and synchronisation services. Based on the open industry standards
SyncML and IMAP, Mobile Gateway is compatible with a wide range of mobile
devices from leading device manufacturers, such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson,
Motorola, and Apple, without requiring additional client software to be
installed on the device or behind the firewall. Today more than 400 device
models and 1.3 billion devices support the industry standard.
Synchronica offers Mobile Gateway to operators, device manufacturers, and
enterprises, enabling their mobile users to send and receive email from consumer
mailboxes (AOL, Gmail, and others), as well as to synchronise their calendar and
contact data with business systems like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and
Sun Java TM Communications Suite.
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