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Change of financial controller

19th Jan 2015 10:23

RNS Number : 5056C
RapidCloud International PLC
19 January 2015
 



 

RapidCloud International Plc

("RapidCloud", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Change of financial controller

 

RapidCloud International plc (AIM:RCI), the computing services, web-hosting and web-solutions provider based in Southeast Asia, announces that Darren Hopkins has ceased to be the Group's Interim Finance Director in order to enable him to take up another UK based opportunity. Darren was not appointed to the board of RapidCloud and as Interim Finance Director assisted the Company in its listing and reporting processes from August 2013.

 

A replacement Malaysia based Financial Controller has been appointed and the Company intends on appointing this candidate to the board of RapidCloud, subject to completion of the necessary due diligence and other checks in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

Raymond Chee, Managing Director, commented: "This new Financial Controller appointment is consistent with RapidCloud's stated intention to appoint a full time Finance Director, based in the Kuala Lumpur Headquarters.

 

We are extremely grateful to the assistance Darren has given us over the last few years. His role was always intended on being temporary and we look forward to being able to announce a permanent replacement for Darren at the appropriate time."

 

For further information, please visit www.rapidcloudasia.com or contact:

RapidCloud International Plc

Raymond Chee, Managing Director

David Cotterell, Chairman

 

[email protected]

 

Allenby Capital, Nominated Adviser and Broker

Alex Price

Jeremy Porter

Tel: +44 (0)20 3328 5656

 

Walbrook, Financial PR and IR

Bob Huxford

Guy McDougall

 

Tel: 44 (0)20 7933 8792

[email protected]

 

About RapidCloud

RapidCloud, provides computing services, web-hosting and proprietary web-solutions, such as web-site building and e-commerce solutions. The Company is based in Southeast Asia and is one of the few solutions providers in the region to deliver its offerings through all three available Cloud Computing segments, i.e. Software-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service.

 

Formed in 1999 the Company has a well-established cloud offering with a customer base of over 38,000. These are predominantly SMEs but also include blue-chip clients such as Deloitte, BAE Systems and Canon, for which RapidCloud's extensive R&D department creates bespoke software solutions.

 

RapidCloud currently has operations in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines and has plans to expand into Indonesia. According to industry research commissioned by RapidCloud from Frost & Sullivan in 2013, the Cloud Computing industry in Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a CAGR of 49.6% between 2013 and 2015, giving a market size of US45.6 billion by 2015.

 

RapidCloud International plc was admitted to AIM on 14 August 2013.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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