Crossword Cybersecurity PLC Appointment of part-time Head of Finance

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Crossword Cybersecurity PLC

30 August 2024

 

30 August 2024

Crossword Cybersecurity Plc

("Crossword" or the "Company")

Appointment of Anthony Clayden as part-time Head of Finance

Crossword Cybersecurity plc (AIM:CCS), the cybersecurity solutions company focused on cyber strategy and risk, announces that following the departure of the Company's former CFO Rose Clark (as announced on 14 August 2024), Anthony Clayden, of Strategic Finance Director Limited, has been appointed part-time Head of Finance to lead the financial management of the Company with effect from 29 August 2024. This is not a board position, and Anthony is not being appointed a director or officer of Crossword. The Company will continue to review and explore its options regarding the longer-term CFO position and any announcement in this regard will be made at the appropriate time. 

Anthony has broad experience advising on strategy and managing the finance function in a variety of companies of differing size and complexity. This includes over 14 years' experience in various roles at  AIM quoted companies, including Chief Financial Officer, Head of Finance and Company Secretary.

Stuart Jubb, Crossword CEO commented: "We are pleased to announce the addition of Anthony to the senior management team with his extensive AIM and financial experience to help Crossword through the next stage of its journey."

 

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Contacts

Crossword Cybersecurity plc - Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Stuart Jubb, Chief Executive Officer

Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser) - Tel: [phone]

Colin Aaronson / Jamie Barklem / Ciara Donnelly / Elliot Peters

Hybridan LLP (Broker) - Tel: [phone]

Claire Louise Noyce

 

About Crossword Cybersecurity plc

Crossword offers a range of cyber security solutions to help companies understand and reduce cyber security risk. We do this through a combination of people and technology, in the form of SaaS and software products, consulting, and managed services. Crossword's areas of emphasis are cyber security strategy and risk, supply chain cyber, threat detection and response, and digital identity and the aim is to build up a portfolio of cyber security products and services with recurring revenue models in these four areas. We work closely with UK universities and our products and services are often powered by academic research-driven insights. In the area of cybersecurity strategy and risk our consulting services include cyber maturity assessments, industry certifications, and virtual chief information security officer (vCISO) managed services.

Crossword's end-to-end supply chain cyber standard operating model (SCC SOM) is supported by our best-selling SaaS platform, Rizikon Assurance, along with cost-effective cyber audits, security testing services and complete managed services for supply chain cyber risk management. Threat detection and response services include our Nightingale AI-based network monitoring, our Trillion™ suite of threat intelligence products, Trillion Breach, Harvista and Arc and incident response. Crossword's work in digital identity is based on the World Wide Web Consortium W3C verifiable credentials standard and our current solution, Identiproof, enables secure digital verification of individuals to prevent fraud.

Crossword serves medium and large clients including FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and S&P listed companies in various sectors, such as defence, insurance, investment and retail banks, private equity, education, technology and manufacturing and has offices in the UK, Poland and Oman. Crossword's ordinary shares are admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Visit Crossword at https://www.crosswordcybersecurity.com/

 

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