18th Apr 2006 07:02
Synchronica PLC18 April 2006 Synchronica plc ("Synchronica" or "the Company") Appointment of Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") London, 18 April 2006 - Synchronica, an international developer and provider ofmobile device management and synchronisation solutions, is pleased to announcethe appointment of Angus Dent, as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Directorwith immediate effect. This appointment follows the retirement of the previousCFO, Allan Jonnes, announced on 5 April 2006. Angus Dent joins from OneClickHR plc, a leading UK developer and supplier ofhuman resources software, where he was Finance Director. Angus was instrumentalin the IPO of OneClickHR on AIM in May 2000 and in successfully completingsubsequent fundraisings. He was also involved in establishing that company'swholly owned development and support base in India and building the business,organically and by acquisition, from a £1m to £6m turnover. Angus qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse and then movedto the Kiril Mischeff (KM) Group Ltd, a Group of food trading and manufacturingcompanies, where he rose from Group Accountant to Finance Director. At KM Angusworked intensively to increase margins and expand the business worldwide toattain a turnover of £75 million per annum. Commenting on the announcement Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica said:"Angus has valuable experience both as a listed company director and in thesoftware industry, which will enable him to play a significant part inimplementing our growth plans. He will help Synchronica to achieve its worldwidesales and distribution goals. I welcome him to the Company." Synchronica has previously announced that Preliminary Results for the year to 31December 2005 will be released on 25 April and there will be an analysts'briefing on that day at 1100h at the offices of Tavistock Communications, 131Finsbury Pavement, London EC2. The following Information is disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 (g) of the AIMRules: Directors full name Angus DentDirectors age 44 years oldPrevious names NoneOther Company directorships still held (ceasing to be OneClickHR plca director 30th April 2006)Other Company directorships held in the last five OneClickHR (Softwareyears now resigned. Sales) Ltd Vizual Business Tools plc OneClickHR (Training) Ltd Vizual Learning plc OneClickHR (Outsourced Services) Ltd Vizual Human Resources Ltd For more information please visit www.synchronica.com or contact: Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO or Nicole Meissner, CMOAt Synchronica plcTel: +44 1580 830 033 Simon Hudson / Clemmie CarrTavistock CommunicationsTel: +44 20 7920 3150 Aubrey Powell / Katherine RoePanmure Gordon plcTel +44 20 7459 3600 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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