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Earthport PLC
24 May 2018
24 May 2018
Earthport plc
("Earthport", the "Company" or the "Group")
Appointment of Amanda Mesler as Chief Executive Officer
and
Directorate Changes
Earthport plc (AIM: EPO.L) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Amanda Mesler as Chief Executive Officer with effect
from 1(st) July 2018. Amanda will join the Board as an Executive
Director once the Regulatory Approvals have been received. In
conjunction with this appointment, Hank Uberoi will step down as
Executive Chairman of Earthport. He will remain on the Board as a
Non-Executive Director and Senior Advisor to the CEO and board.
Phil Hickman will resume his previous role as non-Executive
Chairman of Earthport.
Amanda has over 25 years of experience at senior management and
board level for large international companies as well as smaller,
high growth enterprises. Currently, Amanda is General Manager at
Microsoft, where she recently managed the Enterprise Business in
Central and Eastern Europe across thirty-three countries. Amanda
will be stepping down from this role in June 2018. Prior to this,
Amanda was the Chief Operating Officer of Misys, a private equity
backed financial services software company with operations in over
120 countries.
From 2007 to 2012 Amanda was on the Executive Committee and
Operating Board of Logica plc, a FTSE 250 business with GBP4
billion revenues. From 2010 to 2012 she served as Logica's CEO of
Global Business Consulting, managing 4,000 employees and a $750m
P&L with the remit of growing business led technology services.
From 2007 to 2012 she served as Logica's CEO of North America,
successfully transforming an unprofitable software business into a
high margin solutions business. Clients at Logica included some of
the largest enterprises in the world within the Financial Services,
Telecommunications and other industries.
Prior to this Amanda worked at Electronic Data Services where
she led a $1 billion global business. Amanda also has extensive
experience in compliance, having worked at KPMG from 1994 to 1999
where, in 2000, she created the Oil and Gas practice which become
the fastest growing practice within KPMG.
Amanda's board experience includes serving as a Non-Executive
Director on the Audit and Risk, Remuneration, and Nominations
Committees at Pace plc, a former FTSE 250 provider of technology
solutions to the PayTV and Broadband industries. She is currently a
Non-Executive Director of Ensygnia Limited, a UK based technology
company, as well as a Non-Executive director at National Grid plc,
a FTSE 100 company. In addition, Amanda plays an active and
longstanding role in women's rights advocacy and has engaged in
significant work in this arena.
Amanda has recently been granted Leave to Remain residency in
the UK as an Exceptional Talent in Digital Technology, granted
through UK tech city and the Home Office due to her experience and
background in technology.
Hank Uberoi, Executive Chairman of Earthport, said: "We are
delighted to have such a talented and experienced global technology
leader as Amanda join us to guide Earthport in the next stage of
its growth. Everyone on the management team and board is excited to
welcome her as CEO. I would also like to extend my thanks to Phil
for running the company during this interim period and welcome him
back into the chairman role. Phil and I very much look forward to
supporting Amanda in her leadership of the firm."
Amanda Mesler, commented on her appointment: "I am thrilled to
accept this opportunity to become Earthport's CEO. The scale of the
opportunity at Earthport is substantial and I am confident that my
experience, working for a wide variety of businesses within the
technology and fintech sectors, will help the Company reach its
true potential as a leading global payments network."
Amanda Mesler, age 55, has held the following directorships and
/ or partnerships in the past five years:
Current Past
Ensygnia Limited Arris Global Limited
National Grid plc (previously Pace plc)
Women Can Limited Seam (UK) Enterprises
Limited
As at the date of this announcement Amanda Mesler does not have
any interest in any ordinary shares of the Company.
There is no further information to be disclosed in relation to
Amanda Mesler's appointment pursuant to AIM Rule 17 or paragraph
(g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 596/2014.
For further information, please contact:
Earthport Plc 020 7220 9700
Phil Hickman, Chief Executive Officer (Interim)
Hank Uberoi, Executive Chairman
Newgate Communications 020 7653 9848
Bob Huxford / James Ash / James Browne
N+1 Singer (Nomad & Joint Broker) 020 7496 3000
Mark Taylor / James White
Shore Capital (Joint Broker) 020 7408 4090
Toby Gibbs / Stephane Auton
About Earthport
Earthport provides cross-border payment services to banks and
businesses. Through a single relationship with Earthport, clients
can seamlessly manage payments to almost any bank account in the
world, reducing costs and complexity to meet their customers'
evolving expectations of price, speed and transparency.
Earthport offers clients access to global payment capability in
200+ countries and territories, with local ACH options in 65+
countries and an evolving suite of currencies and settlement
options.
Earthport continues to invest in the establishment of in-country
bank partnerships across the world, bringing together its deep
market and regulatory expertise in order to maintain compliant and
commercially competitive services.
The result - a global payments network accessed via a single
relationship, delivering significant cost and operating
efficiencies for banks and businesses servicing high volumes of
lower value payments.
Headquartered in London with regional offices in New York,
Dubai, Miami and Singapore, Earthport is a public company, traded
on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: EPO).
Please visit www.earthport.com for more information.
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