24th Aug 2007 07:00
Synchronica PLC24 August 2007 August 24, 2007 Synchronica plc Change of Chairman Synchronica plc (AIM: SYNC.LN), the mobile synchronisation and device managementcompany today announces the appointment of David Mason as Chairman withimmediate effect. David Mason, a non-executive director of the Company since April 2007, takesover the role from David Wickham who will continue to serve the board as anon-executive director. Announcing his decision to stand down Mr Wickham said:"I have enjoyed the challenge of acting as Chairman of Synchronica during aperiod of rapid change and progress at the Company. A successful restructuringof the company and the recent major contract wins with SmartTrust and SunMicrosystems are testament to a lot of good work over recent years asSynchronica has built a strong foundation for future success." Commenting on his appointment as Chairman, David Mason said: "The Board isindebted to David Wickham for his guidance as Chairman over a period which hasbeen crucial in the development of the business. I look forward to workingclosely with our Chief Executive Officer Carsten Brinkschulte as we build on ourrecent contract successes." David Andrew Mason, 57, has many years of experience in the telecommunication and software development industry having delivered consultancy services in over 40 countries. Mr Mason was the founder and Chief Executive of the Mason Group from 1993 until 2004. He built the Mason Group into the UK's leading independent telecoms/IT consultancy (Industry Research Group survey) with over 200 staff, offices in Manchester, London, Edinburgh and Dublin and an annual fee income of over £21m with extensive list of the blue chip UK and international clients, including 34 of the FTSE 100 and public sector bodies. Enquiries: Synchronica plc Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO, +44 (0) 7977256 406 Angus Dent, CFO, +44 (0) 7977256 347 Nicole Meissner, CMO +44 (0) 7977256 412 Corfin Communications Ben Hunt, Harry Chathli +44 (0) 207929 8985 Seymour Pierce David Newton +44 (0) 207107 8000 About Synchronica Synchronica plc develops and markets industry standard synchronisation anddevice management solutions for mobile operators, device manufacturers, andenterprises. Its product portfolio ranges from data synchronization (DS) todevice management (DM) and firmware update over the air (FOTA). Products includethe mobile device management suite Mobile Manager and the Push Email andsynchronization solution Mobile Gateway. Headquartered in the UK with adevelopment centre in Germany, and offices in Hong Kong and Dubai Synchronicaplc is a public company traded on the AIM list of the London Stock Exchange(SYNC.LN). More information is available at www.synchronica.com. About Synchronica Mobile Gateway Synchronica's Mobile Gateway is a carrier-grade middleware solution providingpush e-mail and synchronisation services. Based on the open industry standardsSyncML and IMAP, Mobile Gateway is compatible with a wide range of mobiledevices from leading device manufacturers, such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson,Motorola, and Apple, without requiring additional client software to beinstalled on the device or behind the firewall. Today more than 400 devicemodels and 1.3 billion devices support the industry standard. Synchronica offers Mobile Gateway to operators, device manufacturers, andenterprises, enabling their mobile users to send and receive email from consumermailboxes (AOL, Gmail, and others), as well as to synchronise their calendar andcontact data with business systems like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, andSun Java TM Communications Suite. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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