Non-Executive Director Appointment

Progility plc

Non-Executive Director Appointment

("Progility" or "the Group")

Progility plc (AIM: PGY), the project management services group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael James Higgins, aged 57, as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect. He will join both the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Michael Higgins has over 25 years' experience of advising and working with public companies. His experience includes a range of industries and transaction types from IPOs and fundraisings to acquisitions, disposals and restructurings.

Michael is currently non-executive Chairman of Ebiquity plc, independent marketing performance specialists, senior independent director of Plant Health Care plc, a leading provider of novel patent protected biological products to the global agricultural market, a non-executive director of Arria NLG plc, a software development business and is also Chairman of the Quoted Companies Alliance. Michael also has interests in early stage businesses in the online publishing and medical services industries.

Having obtained his degree in economics and politics from Cambridge University, Michael qualified as an accountant at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). He then gained experience in international banking with Saudi International Bank before joining Charterhouse, the merchant bank, in 1984. He became a Partner at KPMG LLP in 1996, and following his retirement from the partnership in 2006, spent five years as a senior adviser with them.

Michael Higgins commenting on his appointment, said, "Progility is not particularly well known as yet but I am confident that this will change. The executive management team, led by Wayne Bos, has a very strong track record for the organic expansion of businesses and adding to them through acquisition. I believe this will be a very different business in a relatively short time and I look forward to contributing to its future success."

Commenting on the appointment, Wayne Bos, Executive Chairman, said: "We are delighted to welcome Michael to the Progility Board; he brings a wealth of financial and UK quoted public company experience to the team and we believe his experience will prove to be extremely valuable as we continue to grow the Group."

Additional information relating to Michael James Higgins:

Michael is currently a director or partner in the following companies/partnerships:

Ebiquity plc

Plant Health Care plc

Plant Health Care (UK) Limited

The Quoted Companies Alliance

Arria NLG plc

Michael has been a director or partner in the following companies/partnerships in the past five years:

Bronze Health Community Interest Company

Brown Health Community Interest Company

Charcoal Health Community Interest Company

Carnation Health Community Interest Company

Cerise Health Community Interest Company

Chestnut Health Community Interest Company

Cobalt Health Community Interest Company

Copper Health Community Interest Company

Coral Health Community Interest Company

Crimson Health Community Interest Company

Ecru Health Community Interest Company

Fuchsia Health Community Interest Company

Grey Health Community Interest Company

Holly Health Community Interest Company

Indigo Health Community Interest Company

Ivory Health Community Interest Company

Jade Health Community Interest Company

Lavender Health Community Interest Company

Lemon Health Community Interest Company

Lime Health Community Interest Company

Magenta Health Community Interest Company

Maroon Health Community Interest Company

Olive Health Community Interest Company

Orchid Health Community Interest Company

Pearl Health Community Interest Company

Peoples Health Trust

Pine Health Community Interest Company

Purple Health Community Interest Company

Sienna Health Community Interest Company

Teal Health Community Interest Company

Violet Health Community Interest Company

Yellow Health Community Interest Company

No further disclosure is required under Paragraph (g) to Schedule Two of the AIM Rules with respect to of Michael Higgins.

Group Description

Progility plc is the holding company of a project management services group specialising in people, processes, training and systems integration. The Group has four divisions: Technology Solutions, Training, Consulting and Recruitment.

Technology Solutions

The technology solutions division, Progility Technologies, operates a communication systems integration business that designs, implements and maintains solutions for medium and large enterprises with a focus on the rail, port, oil and gas, power, water and healthcare industries in Australia and on the mining industry globally.

The business, which was acquired in October 2013, is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, and has offices in Castlemaine, Perth, Sydney, Latrobe Valley, and Brisbane.

It has three operating divisions: Communications Australia, focuses on communications systems integration, designs voice and IP communications solutions for specific customers' operating environments and is a major provider of enterprise based Siemens unified communication systems in Australia; CA Bearcom, Australia's largest distributor of two-way radio communications products, primarily supplied by Motorola Australasia; and Minerals & Energy Technologies, which designs, implements and manages an array of integrated communications solutions for specific mining, oil and gas, rail and port applications.

Training

The training division comprises ILX Group, which provides a blend of on-line learning, games and simulations, traditional classroom training, practical workshops and coaching. ILX delivers training in the UK Cabinet Office's best management practice products, primarily in PRINCE2, MSP and ITIL.

Consulting

The consulting division comprises Obrar in the UK and ILX Consulting in Australia. Obrar is a consulting and project management services company, focused on multimedia contact centres, corporate technology infrastructure and associated operational change, with extensive experience in delivering contact centre outsourcing on a global basis. ILX Consulting, located in Sydney, is an organisational improvement and project management services company, specialising in information technology, service and supply chain improvement and overall project and programme management.

Recruitment

The recruitment division comprises TFPL and Sue Hill Recruitment. TFPL is a recruitment, training and consulting business specialising in the knowledge, information and data management industries, which was acquired in July 2013. It provides executive search, managed services and the placement of permanent, interim and contract personnel into the public and private sectors. Sue Hill Recruitment, which was founded in 1997, is a specialist employment agency to the UK information, market research, insight and analysis sectors and was acquired in November 2013.