Personal Group Holdings PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (6497E)
19 July 2016 - 4:42PM
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Personal Group Holdings PLC
19 July 2016
Press Release 19 July 2016
Personal Group Holdings plc
("Personal Group", the "Company" or the "Group")
Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH), a leading provider of
employee benefits, and employee related insurance products in the
UK, is pleased to announce the appointment of Bob Head to the Board
as a non-executive Director, subject to FCA approval.
Robert (Bob) Michael Head has held a variety of management roles
including Regional Director for Old Mutual's African interests, the
joint founder of egg.com, and the first CEO of smile.co.uk. His
most recent roles were that of a Special Advisor to the
Commissioner of SARS (South African Revenue Service) and prior to
that CEO of Old Mutual's Wealth Management Division.
Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive of Personal Group, commented: "We
are delighted to welcome Bob to the Board; his knowledge of the
digital world combined with his background in financial services
will be extremely beneficial to the Group. We are looking forward
to Bob's input to the Group's strategy going forward."
Directorships held by Bob Head, aged 57, in the last five
years:
Previous directorships
Interfront SOC Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Holdings Limited
Old Mutual Wealth Management
Limited
Old Mutual Wealth UK Holdings
Limited
There are no other matters to be disclosed in relation to
Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.
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For more information please contact:
Personal Group Holdings
Plc
Mark Scanlon - Chief
Executive Officer
Mike Dugdale - Chief
Financial Officer +44 (0)1908 605 000
Cenkos Securities Plc
Max Hartley / Stephen
Keys (Nomad) +44 (0)20 7397 8900
Russell Kerr (Sales)
Media enquiries:
Abchurch Communications
Alex Shaw / Nessyah
Hart +44 (0)20 7398 7700
alex.shaw@abchurch-group.com www.abchurch-group.com
Notes to Editors
With over 30 years' experience of looking after its customers'
employees, Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a leading
provider of employee services and employee related insurance
products, offering benefits programmes to over 2 million employees
across the UK.
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 offering compelling to blue
chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and
motivating employees. The Group tailors its packages to include
insurance products such as hospital and convalescence plans, death
benefit and income protection plans, as well as lifestyle benefits
such as holiday and retail discounts, health and wellbeing benefits
and a range of tax efficient benefits.
Personal Group can also supply home technology via salary
sacrifice through its subsidiary Let's Connect. Offering the latest
iPads and other tablets, home computers and laptops, smart phones
and smart TVs is a highly engaging benefit from which both the
employer and employee can profit. In April 2015 the Group
established its own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) called
Personal Group Mobile Ltd. which was achieved through the
acquisition of the assets of shebang Technologies Ltd. This means
that home technology, including handsets and airtime, can be
provided via salary sacrifice with a reduction of c10-47% on costs
to its client's employees.
Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of
sectors including transport, where it works with the likes of
Network Rail, Stagecoach and EYMS Group Ltd, and healthcare, where
clients include Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group and Spire
Healthcare. The Group also covers logistics, with companies such as
TNT Express and Bibby, and motoring with Manheim and JCT600 as
clients. In addition the Group also has a strong presence in food
manufacturing and service and clients include 2 Sisters Food Group
and Young's Seafood.
With over 520 clients the Group has grown considerably and
provides engaging and effective benefits packages
across a breadth of sectors. For further information, go to www.personal-group.com.
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