18th Jun 2007 07:02
ITE Group PLC18 June 2007 18 June 2007 ITE Group plc ITE APPOINTS CHIEF EXECUTIVE ITE Group plc, the international exhibitions group specialising in emerging anddeveloping markets, announced today the appointment of Bill Dye (45) as ChiefExecutive. Mr Dye replaces Ian Tomkins who, as previously announced inDecember, is stepping down from the role for personal reasons and returning tohis native Australia. Bill is expected to join ITE in September. Mr Dye joins ITE from the FTSE-100 support services group Capita where he isExecutive Director of the Business Services division, which has a turnover ofsome £500m and over 5,000 employees. Since joining Capita in 2002, Bill has helda number of senior management positions including Corporate Developmentdirector, responsible for guiding the company into new markets. Prior to joining Capita, Bill built two media companies, Elements (1989-96),which provided support services to the computerised advertising and graphic artssector, and Unidigital (1996-2001), also a media services group and which wasNASDAQ listed. Commenting Iain Paterson, Chairman of ITE, said: "Bill has the qualities that we are looking for in the new chief executive ofITE - in particular he has experience of the media services industries, led andmanaged a business larger than ITE and has an international outlook. In athorough selection process, he has met all members of our board and we expecthim to fit in well with the ITE culture and our experienced management team asITE continues to implement its successful strategy and enters the next stage ofits development. "Once again, I would like to thank Ian for his significant contribution to ITE,culminating in its entry to the FTSE 250, and wish him well for the future inAustralia. There will be a short handover period with Bill during September." ENDS Enquiries: Iain Paterson, Chairman, ITE Group plc 020 7596 5044 Tim Spratt/Charles Palmer 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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