4th Feb 2005 07:00
Tecteon PLC04 February 2005 TECTEON PLC Board Changes Chief Executive Appointed Tecteon PLC ("Tecteon" or "the Company"), the software developer for the voicequality and telecommunications markets, announces that Dr. Amir Nooral has beenappointed as Chief Executive Officer and that Mikeal Edholm and Ziv Navoth,Non-executive Directors, have stepped down from the Board due to othercommitments. Dr Nooral joined Tecteon just over a year ago as Head of Sales and Marketing,following 6 years at Pace Micro Technology. During his time at Pace he developedgood relationships in the telecom, cable and satellite communications marketsthrough customer facing, commercial engineering and technical marketing. As atechnical manager he also delivered a number of projects successfully. Heobtained his B.Eng. & Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering from The University ofLeeds. Following his graduation he was appointed a research fellow for a numberof years responsible for digital signal processing related projects in thetransport sector. Before joining Pace he was a senior research fellow at theTransport Research Institute(TRI) in Edinburgh where he raised substantialfunding for multi-disciplinary projects. Masoud Alikhani, Chairman, Tecteon PLC, commented: "Given the change in the business, from pure development to marketing, it isappropriate to appoint a Chief Executive with both a technical and salesbackground. Having worked with Amir for over a year, and got to know him well,the Board decided that he was the ideal candidate to take the business to thenext stage. We believe Amir has the right skills and background to make asignificant contribution in his new role. "The Board wishes to thank Mikeal and Ziv for their contribution to thedevelopment of Tecteon so far and we wish them well for the future. In duecourse we will appoint additional non-executive Directors to the Board." An AGM Statement, giving an update on trading, will be issued at 11am. 4th February 2005 For further information please contact: Masoud Alikhani, Chairman, Tecteon PLC Tel: 020 7408 1181 Michael Padley/Susan Scott, Bankside Consultants Tel: 020 7444 4140 Dr Amir Nooral, aged 43, has held no directorships or partnerships, in the fiveyears preceding his appointment at Tecteon. Save as disclosed above, there are no further disclosures to be made inaccordance with Rule 15 and Schedule 2 (f) of the AIM Rules. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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