Be Heard Group PLC Appointment of Non-Executive Director (8206M)

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Be Heard Group PLC

02 August 2017

2 August 2017

Be Heard Group plc

('The Group' or 'Be Heard')

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Be Heard (AIM: BHRD), the digital marketing services group, announces the appointment of David Morrison as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

David, (age 58), is Chief Executive of Prospect Investment Management, which he founded in 1999 as an investor in early stage growth companies. He is also currently Chairman of Maris Ltd, a holding company with a range of activities in East Africa, and is Senior Independent Director of Record plc.

He has been an investor in and director of several private and public companies with which Prospect was associated, including PayPoint plc, Venture Production plc, and Warsaw Stock Exchange listed Grupa Duon SA. David started his career in investment management at the Industrial Commercial and Finance Corporation (now 3i), before joining Abingworth Management, where he was actively involved in venture capital investment both in the UK and United States. Prior to founding Prospect, he spent time at Botts & Co and Blakeney Management.

Peter Scott, Executive Chairman of Be Heard, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome David to the Group as a Non-Executive Director. His experience in identifying and developing early stage growth companies will be valuable to our strategy of acquiring and connecting best-in-class partner agencies."

For further information, please contact:

 
 Be Heard Group plc              [phone] 
 Peter Scott, 
  Executive Chairman 
 Robin Price, 
  Chief Operating Officer 
  and Chief Financial Officer 
 N+1 Singer                      [phone] 
 Mark Taylor / Lauren Kettle 
 Dowgate                         [phone] 
 James Serjeant 
 Bell Pottinger (Financial 
  PR)                            [phone] 
 Elly Williamson / Liz           [e-mail] 
  Morley / Jamie Ricketts 
 

Details of David John Morrison's current and previous directorships in the past five years are set out below:

 
 Current directorships       Previous directorships 
 Abbotts Ann Farming         Grupa Duon SA 
  Limited 
 Maris Limited               Mondis Technology 
                              Limited 
 Paywizard plc (formerly     PayPoint plc 
  MGT PLC) 
 PIML Properties Limited     Snoozebox Holdings 
                              plc 
 Prospect Investment         UK Specialist 
  Management Limited          Hospitals Limited 
 Record PLC 
 Templeco 684 Limited 
 The Houghton Club Limited 
 

David Morrison was a non-executive director of Patrizia Wigan plc a privately owned company, which went into receivership in June 1992. Unpaid creditors amounted to GBP583,109. David Morrison was a director of Purepower Group Limited which was placed into a voluntary liquidation on 25 November 2011. The estimated deficiency as regards members was GBP16,911,953.

No other information is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule Two to the AIM Rules for Companies.

Notes to Editors:

About Be Heard Group plc

Be Heard Group plc (AIM:BHRD) is a digital marketing services group operating at the intersection of marketing, technology and e-commerce. Our vision is to build an agile interconnected group focused on helping clients maximise their return-on-investment from digital marketing. To achieve this, we acquire and connect best-in-class partner companies spanning key digital disciplines, providing management experience, access to deeper resources and a strong platform for growth.

Our four partners today are:

Agenda 21 Digital Holding Limited ('agenda21'), a digital media and analytics agency, which became a partner on admission in November 2015 www.agenda21digital.com

MMT Limited ('MMT Digital'), a user experience ("UX"), design and build agency, which became a partner in May 2016 www.mmtdigital.co.uk

Kameleon Worldwide Limited ('Kameleon'), a content marketing agency, which became a partner in December 2016 www.kameleon.co.uk

Freemavens Limited ('Freemavens'), a data-driven analytics and insight consultancy, which became a partner in February 2017 www.freemavens.com

www.beheardgroup.com

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