28th Nov 2007 07:00
SQS Software Quality Systems AG28 November 2007 SQS Software Quality Systems AG Board Change28 November 2007 SQS Software Quality Systems AG ('SQS' AIM: SQS), the global leader inindependent software testing and quality management services, announces thatHeinz Bons (59), Chief Operating Officer (COO) and co-founder of SQS, willretire from the Board on 31 December 2007. Heinz Bons will continue to act as aprincipal consultant for the Group going forward. In anticipation of Heinz Bons' retirement, SQS established three regionalmanagement teams at the start of 2007. These teams, "Germany", "UK/Ireland/SouthAfrica", and "Switzerland/Austria/The Netherlands/Management Consulting" haveeffectively been operating on a regional COO basis reporting directly to theExecutive Board. No replacement is to be sought for Heinz Bons in his capacityas COO. Heinz Bons co-founded SQS with Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rudolf van Megen in1982, and over the last 25 years, has played an instrumental part in buildingthe Company into the world's leader in independent software testing and qualitymanagement services. As COO he played an instrumental part in floating SQS onAIM in 2005 and on the Open Market of Deutsche Borse in Frankfurt. SQS was thefirst German company to achieve a primary listing in London. In recent years,Heinz played a pivotal role in both shaping SQS's technology leadership andproviding best of class delivery services to its major clients. Rudolf van Megen, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We would like to thank Heinz for his invaluable contribution to SQS over thelast 25 years. As co-founder and COO he has helped SQS grow into the true marketleader it is today, particularly through working for our clients in theFinancial Services sector and through driving forward Research and Development.We wish him all the best for his retirement and are pleased that he continues todemonstrate his support for SQS by acting as a consultant for the Group." Enquiries: SQS Software Quality Systems AG +49 22 03 91 54 0Rudolf van Megen, CEORene Gawron, CFO Altium +44 (0)20 7484 4040Nick Tulloch College Hill Associates +44 (0) 20 7457 2020Sara MusgraveBen Way Notes to Editors: SQS is the global leader in independent software testing and quality managementservices having most of its business in Europe. SQS consultants design andoversee quality management processes during software and IT systems development,and test the resulting products for errors and omissions. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, SQS now has more than 1000 employees acrossEurope and in South Africa. The Group has a strong presence in Germany (Cologne,Munich, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Hamburg) and in the UK (London, Woking,Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast), Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria andSouth Africa. SQS also has a minor stake in an operation in Portugal and apartnership operation in Spain. With more than 4,000 completed projects under its belt, SQS has a strongcustomer base including 36 FTSE-100 companies, half of the DAX 30 and nearly athird of the STOXX-50. It supports clients in a wide range of industries,including major corporations such as Zurich Group, Deutsche Telekom, Barclays,BP, Boots, Credit Suisse, Volkswagen, and Daimler. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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