Codemasters Group Holdings PLC Board Appointment (9753I)

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RNS Number : 9753I

Codemasters Group Holdings PLC

07 April 2020

7 April 2020

Codemasters Group Holdings Plc

("Codemasters" or the "Company")

Board Appointment

Codemasters Group Holdings plc, the award-winning British video game developer and publisher specialising in high-quality racing games, is pleased to announce it has appointed Lisa Thomas as an independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Following this appointment, Lisa will Chair the Company's Remuneration Committee.

Lisa Thomas is a highly experienced consumer marketer with over 32 years of experience. She is currently Global Chief Brand Officer of Virgin and Managing Director of Virgin Enterprises, a post that she has held since 2016. Featured in Campaign's Power 100 for 2019, Lisa leads the Virgin brand globally across their five core sectors and is responsible for their brand licensing business VEL. Previously, Lisa was Group CEO of M&C Saatchi, one of the world's most recognised advertising agencies, from 2010 until 2019, and was concurrently Chairman of LIDA, the creative agency that she founded and which specialised in customer communications as part of the M&C Saatchi Group. She is currently President of WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications London).

Frank Sagnier, Chief Executive of Codemasters, commented:

"Lisa has spent her career at the forefront of consumer engagement and brand building, achieving great success in leading some of the world's most recognised agencies and brands. She has invaluable insight into consumer behaviour and the relationships between brands and their customers. At Codemasters our relationship with our loyal gamers is all important and I look forward to being able to draw on Lisa's experience and expertise as we look to strengthen them even further."

Additional Information

Lisa Victoria Thomas (aged 53) holds or has held the following directorships or partnerships in the past five years:

 
 Current directorships or partnerships   Previous directorships or partnerships 
 Virgin Red Limited                      Eclipse Film Partners No. 23 
                                          LLP 
 Gather (Forum) Ltd                      Human Digital Limited 
 WACL Limited                            LIDA Limited 
 Virgin Start Up Limited                 The Source (London) Limited 
 Virgin UK Holdings Limited              M&C Saatchi Merlin Limited 
 Virgin Management Limited               The Source (W1) LLP 
 VAL TM (Holdings) Limited               Lean Mean Fighting Machine Ltd 
 VAL TM Limited                          Primary Colours Education Limited 
 Virgin Enterprises Limited 
 Virgin Aviation TM Limited 
 Virgin.com Limited 
 VRL Limited 
 MIMO Brands Limited 
 Clyde Films LLP 
 Cherwell Films LLP 
 Derwent Films LLP 
 Medway Films LLP 
 Mole Films LLP 
 

Lisa Thomas has confirmed that, other than the information disclosed above, there is no further information in connection with her appointment required to be disclosed under Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 
 Enquiries 
 
 Codemasters Group Holdings Plc          Via Alma PR 
  Frank Sagnier, CEO 
  Rashid Varachia, CFO 
 Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Joint 
  Corporate Broker) 
  Neil Patel 
  Cameron Duncan 
  Ed Phillips 
  William Hall 
  Jefferies International Ltd (Joint 
  Corporate Broker) 
  Ed Matthews 
  Max Jones                              [phone] 
  William Brown                           [phone] 
 Alma PR Limited                         [phone] 
  Josh Royston                            [e-mail] 
  Rebecca Sanders-Hewett 
  Helena Bogle 
  Sam Modlin 
 

ABOUT CODEMASTERS:

Codemasters (AIM:CDM) is an award-winning British video game developer and publisher with over 30 years of heritage. The Company specialises in high-quality racing games including DiRT, GRID and the BAFTA award-winning official F1(R) series of video games. In December 2019, Codemasters acquired Slightly Mad Studios, creators and developers of award-winning IP including the Project CARS franchise and Fast & Furious Crossroads.

Codemasters' LEI number is: 213800NOITSDQVNP5W91

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