Ideagen PLC Directorate Changes (8982U)

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RNS Number : 8982U

Ideagen PLC

24 January 2017

Ideagen plc

("Ideagen" or the "Group")

Directorate Changes

Appointment of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Customer Officer to Board

The board of Ideagen plc (AIM: IDEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Barnaby (Barney) Kent, Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Ben Dorks, Chief Customer Officer (CCO) as Directors of the board of Ideagen with immediate effect.

Barney Kent (aged 40) was the Group Operations Director of Ideagen from January 2013, to January 2015 before promotion to Group COO. Previously Barney was the Chief Executive Officer of Plumtree Group which was acquired by Ideagen in 2013. As Group COO Barney's responsibilities cover R&D, HR, IT, Quality and Customer Support.

Ben Dorks (aged 42) was the Group Sales and Marketing Director of Ideagen from January 2013 to January 2015 before promotion to Group CCO. Previously Ben was Sales and Marketing Director of Plumtree Group. As Group CCO Ben's responsibilities cover Sales, Marketing and Professional Services.

Commenting on these appointments David Hornsby, CEO of Ideagen said,

"I recognised Ben and Barney's talents in 2010 when I first started assessing Plumtree as an acquisition target. Since Ideagen acquired Plumtree in 2013 both Ben and Barney have taken on increasing levels of responsibility, consistently met challenging business objectives and have developed as strong business leaders. Ben and Barney have been fundamental to the successful execution of the Group's growth strategy and it is now important that they are able to fully contribute at board level"

The following information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Mr. Barnaby (Barney) Luke Kent (Formerly Dorks), age 40

Current directorships

Bricklayers Arms Ltd

Kempson Rose LLP

Equation Nottingham

Ideagen Content Ltd

Past directorships

None

Barney currently holds 1,772,660 ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of Ideagen ("Ordinary Shares") and options over 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares

Mr. Benjamin (Ben) Charles Dorks, age 42

Current directorships

Ideagen Content Ltd

Past directorships

None

Ben currently holds 1,250,000 Ordinary Shares and options over 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares.

There are no other disclosures required in relation to Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Enquiries:

 
 Ideagen plc                     01629 699100 
 David Hornsby, Chief 
  Executive 
 Graeme Spenceley, Finance 
  Director 
  Joe O'Brien, Investor 
  Relations 
 
 finnCap Limited                020 7220 0500 
 Stuart Andrews/James 
  Thompson (Nomad) 
 Stephen Norcross (Corporate 
  Broking) 
 
 

About Ideagen plc

Ideagen is a UK company quoted on the London Stock Exchange AIM market (Ticker: IDEA.L). Ideagen is a supplier of Information Management software with operations in the UK, the United States and the Middle East. The Company specialises in GRC ( Governance, Risk and Compliance) and Content and Clinical solutions with a primary focus on organisations operating within highly regulated industries. With an excellent portfolio of software products, Ideagen is able to provide complete information lifecycle solutions that enable organisations to reduce risk, meet their regulatory and compliance standards, helping them to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

The Group has a customer base of over 3,000 organisations using the Ideagen suite of products, including many blue chip names such as BAE Systems, Emirates, Shell and the European Central Bank as well as 150 hospitals in the UK and US.

For further information please visit www.ideagen.com

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