Mercia Technologies PLC Board Appointment (0343R)
12 June 2018 - 4:01PM
UK Regulatory
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Mercia Technologies PLC
12 June 2018
RNS 12 June 2018
Mercia Technologies PLC
("Mercia", "the Group" or the "Company")
Board Appointment
Mercia Technologies PLC (AIM: MERC), the national investment
group focused on the creation, identification, funding and scaling
of innovative technology businesses with high growth potential from
the UK regions, announces that Caroline Plumb OBE has been
appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company with immediate
effect.
Caroline is a serial entrepreneur. Having graduated with a
first-class honours MEng degree from the University of Oxford in
2000 Caroline co-founded FreshMinds, an award-winning recruitment
and innovation consultancy specialising in consumer insight, market
research and product development. She remains involved with
FreshMinds as non-executive chair and is also CEO of Fluidly, a
fintech SaaS business that helps SMEs plan and manage their cash
flow, which she co-founded in 2016 and has successfully raised
investment capital from both UK and US investors.
Caroline was awarded an OBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours' list
for services to Business and Charity and currently serves as one of
the UK government's c50 Business Ambassadors, representing the UK's
Professional and Business Services sectors.
Susan Searle, Non-executive Chair of Mercia Technologies PLC
said:
"On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Caroline to
Mercia as a Non-executive Director. Caroline's track record of
helping early-stage technology businesses to scale will be of
significant value to the Group. Caroline brings extensive
experience as a highly successful businesswoman and entrepreneur.
The Board is looking forward to working with her as we continue to
strengthen our position as a leading provider of Complete Capital
in the key regions of the Midlands, the North of England and
Scotland."
Pursuant to Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies,
Caroline Bayantai Plumb (aged 39) has held the following
directorships or partnerships in the past five years:
Current
-- Fresh Minds Limited
-- Fresh Minds Talent Limited
-- Fresh Minds (Trustee) Limited
-- Fluidly Limited
Previous
-- Fresh Networks Global Limited (dissolved)
There is no further information required to be disclosed in
respect of the above appointment pursuant to Rule 17 and Schedule 2
(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
For further information, please contact
Mercia Technologies PLC +44 (0)330 223 1430
Mark Payton, Chief Executive Officer
Martin Glanfield, Chief Financial
Officer
www.merciatech.co.uk
Cenkos Securities plc +44 (0)20 7397 8900
Stephen Keys, Camilla Hume (NOMAD
and Joint Broker)
Canaccord Genuity Limited +44 (0)20 7523 8000
Simon Bridges, Emma Gabriel (Joint
Broker)
Buchanan +44 (0)20 7466 5000
Bobby Morse, Chris Lane, Stephanie
Watson
www.buchanan.uk.com
About Mercia Technologies PLC
Mercia is a national investment group focused on the funding and
scaling of innovative technology businesses with high growth
potential from the UK regions. Mercia benefits from 19 university
partnerships and nine offices across the Midlands, the North of
England and Scotland providing it with access to high quality,
regional deal flow. Mercia Technologies PLC is quoted on AIM with
the epic "MERC".
Mercia's 'Complete Capital Solution' initially nurtures
businesses via its third party funds (now with circa
GBP350.0million under management following recent mandate wins) and
then over time Mercia can provide further funding to its 'Emerging
Stars' by deploying direct investment follow-on capital from its
own balance sheet. Since its IPO in December 2014, Mercia has
invested over GBP46.0million directly across its portfolio of
'Emerging Stars'.
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