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October 2024
Cirata plc
("Cirata" or the
"Company")
Board
Appointments
Cirata (LSE: CRTA), is pleased to
announce that Amanda Jobbins and Eric Collins have been appointed
as Non‐Executive
Directors with immediate effect.
Mr Peter Lees, Senior Independent
Director (SID) who joined the board 9 August 2022, and chairs the
Nomination Committee, will resign from his position effective 31
December 2024.
Amanda brings with her a wealth of
international experience, having served as Global Chief Marketing
Officer for major SaaS and IT enterprise software companies in the
USA, Europe and Asia. Amanda currently serves as Global Chief
Marketing Officer for Vodafone Business and Director of GTM &
Strategic Partners. Prior to this, she was Global Chief Marketing
Officer at Infor as well as Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice
President of Global Business Development at Oracle.
Eric is a seasoned entrepreneur and
business builder in addition to being the co-founder of Impact X
Capital Partners: a venture capital firm founded to back
underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe and the USA, in
sectors such as technology, healthcare, education and
media.
Eric served as Chief Operating
Officer of Digital Surgery, acquired by Medtronic in 2020, which is
a global leader in healthcare technology. Prior to this, Eric
served as Chief Revenue and Distribution Officer at SwiftKey, a
virtual keyboard app that was acquired by Microsoft in 2016, where
he was responsible for driving both user and revenue
growth.
Ken
Lever, Chair, commented:
"Amanda and Eric bring broad
business experience across a range of sectors to our board. Amanda
has an excellent track record across major enterprise software
businesses that will help Cirata capitalise on its potential
through investment in sales, marketing and products. Eric's
business acumen and proven ability as a revenue builder and value
creator will be invaluable as we look to deliver on our growth
strategy and meet our medium-term ambitions. We are delighted to
have both on board.
During this period of major change
and transition for Cirata Peter Lees' guidance and advice has been
invaluable. The board extends its sincere thanks for the
contribution Peter has made and wishes him well for the
future."
Regulatory
disclosure - The following disclosures are made in accordance with Schedule
2(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies:
Amanda Catherine St Levans Jobbins,
aged 56, holds no
ordinary shares or options in the Company. Amanda's current and
previous directorships are as follows:
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Current
Directorships/Partnerships
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Previous Directorships/Partnerships
(last 5 years)
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The Cabin
Gym Limited
Dowding
Levans Capital Limited
Dabco
Limited
Cable
& Wireless Trade Mark Management Limited
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Hang
Technologies Limited
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Eric Davis Collins,
aged 58, holds no
ordinary shares or options in the Company. Eric's current and
previous directorships are as follows:
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Current
Directorships/Partnerships
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Previous Directorships/Partnerships
(last 5 years)
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Impact X
Capital Partners LLP
Impact X
Launch LLP
IXC I
(Scotland) Ltd
IXC I
(England) Ltd
IXC I FP
LP
Impact X
Operations LLP
Impact X
Studios Limited
The
Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs
Autograph
ABP
Looted
LLP
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Tech
Nation Group Limited
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Save for the disclosures above,
there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule
17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM Rules.
For
further information, please contact:
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Cirata
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+1
(925) 380 1728
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Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive
Officer
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Ijoma Maluza, Chief Financial
Officer
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Daniel Hayes, Investor
Relations
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FTI
Consulting
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+44
(0)20 3727 1137
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Matt Dixon / Kwaku Aning / Usama
Ali
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Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker)
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+44
(0)20 7710 7600
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Fred Walsh / Ben Good / Sarah
Wong
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Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker)
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+44
(0)20 3100 2000
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Max Jones / John More
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About Cirata
Cirata, accelerates data-driven
revenue growth by automating data transfer and integration to
modern cloud analytics and AI platforms without downtime or
disruption. With Cirata, data leaders can leverage the power of AI
and analytics across their entire enterprise data estate to freely
choose analytics technologies, avoid vendor, platform, or cloud
lock-in while making AI and analytics faster, cheaper, and more
flexible. Cirata's portfolio of products and technology solutions
make strategic adoption of modern data analytics efficient and
automated. For more information about Cirata,
visit www.cirata.com