13th Nov 2006 12:00
Homeserve Plc13 November 2006 Homeserve Announces the Appointment of Jon Florsheim as an Executive Director and Chief Executive of Homeserve GB Limited Homeserve plc, the Home Emergency Service Company, is delighted to announce theappointment of Jon Florsheim as Chief Executive of Homeserve GB and as anExecutive Director of Homeserve plc. Jon (46) is currently Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director, CustomerGroup, of British Sky Broadcasting. Prior to joining BSkyB in 1994, Jon wasMarketing Director of Dixons Stores Group (now DSG International plc) and hasheld marketing posts with Tesco. Jon will join Homeserve in accordance with theterms for his departure to be agreed with BSkyB. Commenting on the appointment, Richard Harpin, Chief Executive, Homeserve plc,said: "I am delighted that Jon is to join Homeserve. Our policy business in the UK hasexperienced phenomenal growth in the last few years. We have increased thepolicy base to over 5 million, through innovative marketing and cross selling,primarily under utilities brands. With Jon's track record of growing BSkyB's customer base from under 2.5 millionin 1994 to over 8 million today and Homeserve's market leading proposition, I amconfident that he will lead continued growth in our UK business." Commenting on the announcement, Jon Florsheim, said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed working at BSkyB and am proud of our achievement inbuilding the company into one of the world's leading entertainment companies.The opportunity to join Homeserve is very exciting and I look forward to workingwith the Board to continue the impressive growth which has already beenachieved." A further announcement will be made once the date of Jon's appointment has beenconfirmed. Enquiries Homeserve plcBrian Whitty, Chairman Tel: 01922 427 910Richard Harpin, Chief Executive Tulchan CommunicationsStephen Malthouse Tel: 020 7353 4200Andrew Honnor This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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