4th Apr 2005 12:00
Flying Brands Limited04 April 2005 4 April 2005 FLYING BRANDS LIMITED APPOINTMENT OF FINANCE DIRECTOR AND COMPANY SECRETARY Flying Brands, the home shopping company, announced today that Graham NortonFCA, 45, has been appointed Finance Director and Company Secretary for theGroup. He joins the company on 11th April 2005. Graham qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Barron Rowles and Bass,subsequently joining KPMG. He became Finance Director for UK and Ireland ofReuters plc, and was then promoted to Finance and Operations Director forReuters' Global Services. Since 2003, Graham has been Chief Financial Officerfor the UK, Europe and the US for Cable and Wireless plc. Commenting on the appointment, Mark Dugdale, Chief Executive, said: "We areextremely fortunate to have found someone of Graham's experience and calibre tojoin us and take the implementation of our strategy to the next level. Hisoperational skills will be as valuable to us as his financial ones." Graham Norton said: "Having worked for two large plc's, I am very excited aboutjoining a smaller company which has great potential and where I feel that I cancontribute to ensure that the potential is realised." For further information, please contact: Flying Brands Limited 01376 575 010Mark Dugdale, Chief Executive Smithfield 020 7360 4900George Hudson Notes to editors Jersey based Flying Brands Limited (LSE: FBDU) is a leading home shoppingcompany. Founded in 1965, it was admitted to the Official List of the LondonStock Exchange in 1993. The Group has the following brands: • Flying Flowers, the UK's largest flowers by post brand, despatching nearly one million bouquets a year• Gardening Direct, one of the UK's largest mail order bedding plants and gardening products operations• Listen2Books, the leading mail order audio books distributor• Benham, the first day cover stamps and coins collectables specialist More information can be found at: www.flyingbrands.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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