2nd Jan 2007 07:01
Amino Technologies PLC02 January 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 January 2007 AMINO TECHNOLOGIES PLC APPOINTMENT OF KEITH TODD AS CHAIRMAN Amino Technologies plc ("Amino" or the "Company"; stock code: AMO), theCambridge based broadband network software and systems company is pleased toannounce the appointment with immediate effect of Keith Todd, CBE, asnon-executive Chairman and Director. Mr. Todd, aged 53, is executive Chairman and CEO of FFastFill plc; a softwareand services company focussed on the capital markets and non-executive Chairmanof Magic Lantern, a new media company supplying the broadband market. Keith served as non-executive Chairman of the UK Broadband Stakeholder Group forthree years from February 2002. The group included the key stakeholders, bothfrom the public sector and industry and is focussed on identifying actions thatwill accelerate the adoption of broadband services in the UK. He was alsonon-executive Chairman of Easynet plc, a broadband services company, untilJanuary 2006 when it was sold to B-Sky-B and of E C Soft which was sold to CyberInc. in January 2003. He was previously Chief Executive of ICL plc from 1996 to 2000 (now FujitsuServices) and was responsible for the transformation of ICL from a hardwareproduct company to a $4 billion revenue IT services company. He held a number ofother senior executive positions in ICL and GEC Marconi defence businesses,including working in the US for five years between 1981 and 1986. He started hiscareer in the public sector. He was awarded the CBE in June 2006 for his services to the telecommunicationsindustry. He was Treasurer of the Open University for eight years and is a lifetime memberof BAFTA, a Fellow of the Institute of Management Accountants and the RoyalSociety for the Arts. Bob Giddy, Amino's Chief Executive, said: "We are pleased to welcome the appointment of Keith Todd as our new Chairman.Keith brings to Amino a combination of both large and small public companyexperience together with a huge experience of the internet broadband sector." The Company expects to appoint a further non-executive Director in due course. CONTACTS Amino Technologies: 01954-234100 Keith Todd, Chairman www.aminocom.com Bob Giddy, Chief Executive Stuart Darling, Finance Director Bankside: 020-7367-8883 Steve Liebmann or Simon Bloomfield KBC Peel Hunt Ltd: 020-7418-8900 Julian Blunt or David Anderson Additional information Thomas Keith Todd is currently a director of FFastFill plc, Knotty GreenConsultants Ltd., Ffastfill UK Ltd., Ffastfill Europe Ltd., FFastFill Inc.,Ffastfill France SAS, Ffastfill Australia Pty. Ltd., FFastFill FD Ltd., FutureDynamics Inc., Spredmania Ltd. and Magic Lantern Production Ltd. In the pastfive years, he has been a director of Easynet plc, Red Gateway Ltd., TheSecurities Market Technology Services Company Ltd., Vinepoint Ltd. and CyberEurope Ltd. No further disclosure is required under Paragraph (g) to Schedule Two of the AIMRules with respect to Thomas Keith Todd. About Amino Amino Technologies plc (www.aminocom.com) designs and supplies Electronicsystems, software and consultancy for IPTV (telco triple-play applications),on-demand video and in-home multimedia distribution delivered through threeoperating divisions. Amino Communications supplies the AmiNETTM series of high performance IPTVset-top boxes and gateways for development in the telecommunications, broadcastand hospitality markets. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with theIntActTM IPTV software stack for customer premises solutions to OEMs enablingthem to supply IPTV set-top boxes and gateways for larger scale deployments andthe hospitality sector. Amino is partnered with world-leading companies in systems integration,middleware, conditional access, semi-conductor, head-end systems and browsertechnologies. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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