30th Jul 2010 09:05
30 July 2010
Monitise plc
Board Appointment
Monitise welcomes Elizabeth Buse to its Board
Monitise plc (LSE: MONI.L) ("Monitise") is delighted to announce that Elizabeth Buse is to join its Board as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. The appointment follows the announcement on 13 July 2010 concerning an equity fundraising, the strengthening of Monitise's Global Alliance Agreement with Visa, and the appointment of a new board member.
Ms Elizabeth Lynch Buse, 49, is currently a member of the Executive Team and the Group Executive, International, for Visa Inc. with responsibility for overseeing Visa's global sales and client service functions across Asia Pacific, Central Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Previously, Ms Buse was the global head of product for Visa Inc., leading all aspects of product strategy, development and growth. Prior to assuming the role of global head of product, Elizabeth was executive vice president of product development and management for Visa USA.
Monitise has a strategic alliance agreement with Visa International Service Association ("Visa"), a subsidiary of Visa Inc., to partner its development of mobile services to its 1.8 billion cardholders across the globe. It recently signed a joint venture agreement with Visa to develop mobile services in India.
No other information in respect of Ms Buse's appointment is required to be disclosed under Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules, save that Ms Buse is currently a director of International Museum of Women and Artio Global Investors Inc.
Duncan McIntyre, Chairman of Monitise, said:
"We are delighted to have Elizabeth Buse join our Board. She is joining Monitise as we rapidly expand our global business and brings a tremendous set of skills and experience to the Board."
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Monitise plc |
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Alastair Lukies, CEO John Brougham, CFO |
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Financial Dynamics |
Tel: 020 7831 3113 |
Juliet Clarke Haya Herbert-Burns Erwan Gouraud |
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Evolution Securities Limited (NOMAD and Joint Broker) |
Tel: 020 7071 4300 |
Bobbie Hilliam Chris Clarke |
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Piper Jaffray (Joint Broker) |
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Jamie Adams |
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About Monitise
Monitise is one of the world leaders in mobile financial transactions. The Monitise Mobile
Money Manager platform enables financial institutions and other organisations to offer mobile
financial services to their customers simply and securely and enables their customers to
manage their money and make payments, in both developed and developing countries,
whether they have access to bank accounts or not.
Monitise has live services in the UK and the USA, where it is in partnership with FIS. Monitise
is also developing mobile money services in high growth potential markets globally and
broadening its product range in its live markets.
Monitise has over 200 financial institutions signed up, with in excess of 2 million registered
customers in the UK and the USA. Its services include mobile money management,
payments and mobile top-ups using a choice of smart, easy to use interfaces including mobile
apps, browser and text message delivery.
Current key partners of Monitise include Visa, FIS, VocaLink, the First Eastern Investment
Group, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Travelex, Vodafone,
Orange, O2 and 3 UK.
For more information visit www.monitisegroup.com.
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