Apptmnt of Finance Director
March 13 2003 - 2:15AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:6691I
Dream Direct Group PLC
13 March 2003
Dream Direct Group Plc
PRESS RELEASE
DREAM DIRECT APPOINTS NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR
For Immediate Release 13 March 2003
The Board of Dream Direct Group Plc (Dream Direct), the UK's leading direct
seller of family software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Callum
MacLure as Finance Director with effect from today. He is to take over from the
current Finance Director, Mark Pitcher, who has decided for family reasons to
return to his native Australia.
Callum MacLure (aged 38) is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in
high growth retail business, in particular from 1992 to 1999 he worked at Schuh
Limited, a high street fashion footwear retailer, where he was a main board
director for five years. During his tenure annual turnover grew from #2million
to #30 million.
Commenting, Robert Colquhoun, Chief Executive of Dream Direct said:
"Mark has made a significant contribution towards building a solid foundation
for the growth of the company and we regret that he will not be able to continue
to share in the success which he has helped to bring about. While we're very
sorry to see him leave the group we understand his desire to return to Australia
and wish him all the very best for the future.
"Mark will be able to undertake a suitable handover to Callum and therefore we
are pleased that we will be able to maintain continuity through a period of
transition.
"I am delighted that Callum has decided to join our team as Finance Director.
His experience of strong growth in the retail industry across a number of
channels combined with his financial, administrative and business planning
knowledge will further strengthen the strategic and operational skills of the
Board and he will provide valuable expertise as Dream Direct continues to grow."
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For enquiries and further information please contact:
Dream Direct Group Plc
Robert Colquhoun
Chief Executive Tel: 01869 328210
E-mail:robert@dream-direct.co.uk
Ollie Vintcent
Executive Director Tel: 01869 328211
E-mail:ollie@dream-direct.co.uk
The Company's website address is www.eDREAM.co.uk .
Download images of the catalogue and software titles are available at the above
web site under the press section at: http://www.edream.co.uk/press/
pressimages.asp?GUID=&MC
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IKON Associates
Adrian Shaw Tel: 01483 535102
Mobile:0797 9900733
E-mail:adrian@ikonassociates.com
Paul Donkersley Tel: 01483 535101
Mobile:07967 646046
E-mail:paul@ikonassociates.com
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Adam Hart Tel: 020 7418 8900
Notes for editors:
* Dream Direct Limited was founded in 1997 by Robert Colquhoun and Ollie
Vintcent and the Group was admitted to AIM on 1 May 2002 following its
acquisition of Willisham Group plc, a cash shell.
* The Company is the UK's leading direct marketing retailer to the family PC
software and peripherals market. Titles cover simulation and family games,
home interest and hobbies, education, children's software and home office.
Dream Direct also supplies selected peripheral equipment for the home PC
user including such items as DVD drives, equipment to transfer photographic
negatives and music onto a PC, and also, digital cameras.
* Dream Direct offers over 400 products in its catalogue and up to 2,000 on
its website, with around half of its titles not being available on the High
Street. In the family software market, it is the "best seller of non-best
sellers".
* Examples of best selling titles are Harry Potter, Ordnance Survey &
Britain from the Air, Scrabble, Family Tree Maker, Hornby Virtual Train Set,
PC Tutorial Guides, Who wants to be a Millionaire, Encyclopaedia Britannica
and Audio Cleaning Lab.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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