23rd Feb 2005 13:24
Royalblue Group PLC23 February 2005 royalblue group plc - director declaration royalblue group plc ("royalblue"), the company behind fidessa: the world'sleading trading software solution for the global equity markets, is pleased toannounce that following its December 2004 announcement Philip Hardaker hasjoined the Board as a non-executive director. Philip will be a member of boththe Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee, and will be Chairman of theAudit Committee with effect from the Annual General Meeting on 26th April 2005. Philip, aged 57, is an experienced Chartered Accountant who served 20 years as apartner in a major accounting firm in the UK (KPMG). As a partner he wasresponsible for leading teams providing audit, advisory and transaction duediligence services to a broad portfolio of clients across a variety of industrysectors. In addition to his client service responsibilities, Philip held overthe years a number of managerial and leadership positions within the practiceboth in the UK and overseas. Philip served as a member of the CBI South Eastregional council for a number of years and has also held a number of otherappointments in the business support sector in the South East. In welcoming Philip to the Board, royalblue's chairman, John Hamer said: "Philiphas a wide range of experience across a diverse set of business sectors and weare very pleased that he has agreed to join the royalblue Board. In particular,his financial and audit experience will be extremely valuable given theincreasing complexity and demands of international financial reportingrequirements and he is therefore ideally qualified to become chairman of theaudit committee." There are no other current directorships or directorships of listed companiesheld in the last five years to report. There is no information relating to Philip Hardaker that falls to be disclosedunder paragraphs 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of the Listing Rules. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Fidessa Group