STM Group PLC Directorate Change (4056X)

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STM Group PLC

10 August 2018

STM Group Plc

("STM", the "Company" or the "Group")

Non-Executive Director Appointment

STM Group Plc (AIM: STM), the cross border financial services provider, is pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Kettleborough as an Independent Non-Executive Director, with immediate effect.

Graham is a highly experienced financial services professional and is well known in the life and pensions sector, having been Chief Executive Officer of Chesnara Plc, a London Stock Exchange listed business, during the period from 2004 to 2014. Graham was instrumental in building the life and pensions consolidator into a respected sector performer, delivering significant shareholder value. In addition, he has strong experience in corporate governance, acquisitions and business transformation activities.

In addition to the above appointment, the Board is in the final stages of appointing a new Chairman and looks forward to updating the market in due course.

Commenting on the Board appointment Robin Ellison, interim chairman, said: "I am very pleased to welcome Graham to the Board and look forward to his contribution given his extensive experience and knowledge of both the life assurance and pensions sectors.

"Graham's appointment comes at an exciting time for the business, with plans for both a diversification of our product range as well as seeking opportunistic acquisitions. Invariably his depth of experience will also ensure that STM continues to build on its corporate governance and regulatory framework."

Graham Kettleborough added: "I am excited to be joining STM at a time when opportunities appear to be abundant. STM has demonstrated its ability to be innovative and resilient when faced with rapid changes to its marketplace, and I now hope to bring my experience of growing financial services based businesses into play, to help the existing Board grow the business for both shareholders and stakeholders."

The following details in relation to the appointment of Mr Kettleborough are disclosed in accordance with Schedule 2(g) and Rule 17 of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Director's full name: Graham Leslie Kettleborough

Director's age: 61 years

 
 Current directorships   Past directorships held within 
                          the last five years 
                         Chesnara PLC 
                         Countrywide Assured PLC 
                         Countrywide Assured Trustee Company 
                          Limited 
                         Countrywide Assured Life Holdings 
                          Limited 
                         Protection Life Company Limited 
                         Countrywide Assured Services 
                          Limited 
                         Bettie Ralph Limited 
 

Graham has no shareholding in the Company.

The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

For further information, please contact:

 
 STM Group Plc 
 Alan Kentish, Chief Executive Officer              Via Walbrook PR 
  [e-mail]                  www.stmgroupplc.com 
 
 Therese Neish, Chief Financial Officer 
  [e-mail] 
 
 FinnCap                                            www.finncap.com 
 Matt Goode / Emily Watts - Corporate     Tel: [phone] 
  Finance 
  Tim Redfern / Richard Chambers - 
  ECM 
 
 Walbrook                                        www.walbrookpr.com 
 Tom Cooper / Paul Vann                   Tel: [phone] 
                                          Mob: [phone] 
                                          [e-mail] 
 

Notes to editors:

STM is a multi jurisdictional financial services group which is listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange. The Group specialises in the delivery of a wide range of financial service products to professional intermediaries and the administration of assets for international clients in relation to retirement, estate and succession planning and wealth structuring.

STM has operations in the UK, Malta, Gibraltar, Jersey, and Spain. The Group is looking to expand through the development of additional products and services that its ever more sophisticated clients demand. STM has developed a specialist international pensions division which specialises in SIPPs, Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS), and Qualifying Non UK Pension Schemes (QNUPS). STM has a Gibraltar Life Insurance Company, STM Life plc, which provides life insurance bonds - wrappers in which a variety of investments, including investment funds, can be held.

Further information on STM Group can be found at www.stmgroupplc.com

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