Global Graphics Plc: Change To The Board Of Directors

 
TIDMGLOG 
 
   PRESS RELEASE 
 
   Change to the Board of Directors 
 
   Cambridge (UK) 1 March 2019: Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) 
announces a change in the composition of the Board of Directors (the 
"Board"). 
 
   Resignation of Johan Volckaerts 
 
   Following the end of the initial acceptance period of the takeover bid 
by Congra Software Sarl, Mr Volckaerts has resigned as a member of the 
Board with effect from 1 March 2019. 
 
   Gary Fry, CEO commented: "I'd like to thank Johan for the strong support 
and leadership he has given to Global Graphics. He has served the 
company for more than 20 years, as chairman and CEO from 1996 when 
Global Graphics was founded, as chairman from 2007 until 2014 and 
thereafter as a non-executive director". 
 
   Appointment of Clare Findlay 
 
   With effect from 1 March 2019, Ms Clare Findlay has been appointed as an 
independent non-executive director of the Company. 
 
   Ms Findlay was previously a non-executive director of the Company from 
June 2011 until 2014 and has more than 20 years' experience at senior 
level positions in the computer software industry, including as managing 
director of the UK operations of Concentrix Corporation, the global 
business process outsourcing division of SYNNEX. 
 
   In 2003, Ms Findlay founded Aspire Technology, a European specialist in 
providing customer renewal services through its proprietary 
RenewalsManager SaaS platform, which was acquired in November 2010 by 
Concentrix Corporation.  In 2013 Ms Findlay co-founded Purple Demand, a 
Demand Creation Agency. 
 
   Prior to founding Aspire, she was a divisional director of business 
technology integrator Morse Plc where she was responsible for Morse's 
entry into building a software services business.  She has also held 
senior positions at Catalyst Solutions Plc and Pacific Associates Plc, 
before it was sold to Catalyst Solutions. 
 
   Guido Van der Schueren, chairman of the Board commented: "We are 
delighted to welcome Clare back to the board.  Her blend of experience 
in computer technology, combined with her leadership and people skills, 
make her an excellent fit for the team." 
 
   About Global Graphics 
 
   Through its operating subsidiaries, Global Graphics PLC 
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(Euronext Brussels: GLOG) is a leading developer of platforms for 
digital inkjet printing and type design and development. Customers for 
digital inkjet technology include press manufacturers such as HP, Canon, 
Durst, Roland, Hymmen and Mark Andy.  Those for font design include 
numerous international brands, from manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz 
and Siemens, to digital media and epublishing companies.  Global 
Graphics PLC is headquartered in Cambridge UK.  Its subsidiary companies 
are printing software developers Global Graphics Software 
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; the type foundry, URW Type Foundry 
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, and the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor 
Inkjet 
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