Board Changes

Mobile Tornado Group PLC

20 June 2024

 

20 June 2024

Mobile Tornado Group plc

("Mobile Tornado" or the "Company")

Board Changes

The Board of Mobile Tornado, a leading push-to-talk over cellular and workforce management solution provider, is pleased to announce that Luke Wilkinson and Marcus Emptage have been appointed to the board of the Company as Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director, respectively, with immediate effect.

Mr. Wilkinson joined the Company in January 2023 as Head of Business Development. Mr. Wilkinson has significantly widened the Company's partner network and developed a sophisticated outreach programme to promote the Company's solutions to the global critical communications market. The success of this strategy has been borne out with the recent signing of a major mobile network operator in one of the Company's key target markets, as announced on 8 May 2024. Prior to joining Mobile Tornado, Luke founded Storm Intelligent Communications Limited ("Storm") in 2020 and currently holds a 60% interest in Storm. Storm is a UK based non-exclusive reseller of Mobile Tornado's solutions.

Mr. Emptage is a chartered management accountant and has been Group Financial Controller of the Company since 2006.

The following additional information is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Luke Antony Wilkinson, aged 30, has held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past five years:

Current directorships/partnerships

·      My Possible Self Limited

·      Storm Intelligent Communications Limited

Luke Wilkinson currently holds 1,366,834 ordinary shares of 2p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), representing 0.33% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.

Marcus John Emptage is 45 years old and has not held any directorships or partnership positions during the previous five years. He does not hold any Ordinary Shares.

There is no further information on Luke Wilkinson or Marcus Emptage required to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Enquiries:

Mobile Tornado Group plc	[phone]
Jeremy Fenn, Chairman and acting CEO	www.mobiletornado.com
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)	[phone]
James Reeve / Piers Shimwell (Corporate Finance) David Johnson (Sales and Corporate Broking)

About Mobile Tornado

Mobile Tornado (AIM: MBT) is a leading provider of critical communications and workforce management solutions for tier 1 mobile network operators and solution providers. Their range of solutions includes advanced business intelligence, AI, and workforce management, aimed at enhancing the productivity and performance of businesses utilising state-of-the-art applications. Mobile Tornado offers seamless switching between 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile and WiFi networks, available through ruggedised handsets and smartphone applications for Android and iOS. These cost-effective technologies are deployed in over 30 countries worldwide, serving mobile operators, government agencies, and private enterprises.

 

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