Porta Communications PLC Director Appointment (1791V)
01 November 2017 - 6:00PM
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RNS Number : 1791V
Porta Communications PLC
01 November 2017
1 November 2017
Porta Communications Plc
("Porta" or the "Company" or the "Group")
Director Appointment
Porta Communications Plc (AIM: PTCM) is pleased to announce that
Brian Tyson, Managing Partner of Newgate Australia, has today
joined the board of Porta as Executive Director.
Commenting, John Foley, Non-Executive Chairman of Porta,
commented: "I am delighted that Brian is joining the Board. He is
Managing Partner of Newgate Australia which is currently Porta's
largest and most profitable business. Newgate's Australian
operations were launched from a standing start in May 2013 and now
employ 90 people with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra,
Brisbane and Perth. This growth is testament to Brian's knowledge
of the Australian market, his ability to effectively lead a team of
colleagues and his understanding of the fundamentals of profitable,
successful service delivery. His appointment is welcome as we
continue to build on those principles across all areas of the
Group."
Further information on Brian Tyson
Brian is the Managing Partner of Newgate Australia and
co-founder of Newgate Research.
In a consulting career spanning two decades, Brian has come to
be regarded as one of Australia's leading communications
practitioners with expertise in strategic issues management,
financial transactions, government relations, media management and
community campaigning.
He has led a number of high profile and complex public affairs
campaigns and financial transactions in the infrastructure,
transport, banking, energy, agriculture and media sporting/arts
sectors.
He is involved with many of the leading industry advocacy bodies
in Australia and is a Director on the board of the Sydney Swans
Australian Football Club the Committee for Sydney, Temple Executive
Search and the Clontarf Foundation, which supports educational
opportunities for young Indigenous Australians.
Prior to his career in consultancy, Brian was a political
adviser to the Greiner Government in New South Wales. He started
his career as a journalist with The Land newspaper.
Brian William Tyson, aged 54, is, or has been, a director or
partner of the following companies or partnerships during the past
five years:
Current directorships Past directorships and
and partnerships partnerships
Newgate Communications Gavin Anderson & Co
Pty Limited (Australia) Ltd
The Committee for Sydney
Incorporated
Tyson Nominees Pty Ltd
Temple Search Pty Ltd
Clontarf Foundation
Sydney Swans Limited
Brian Tyson currently holds an interest in 11.40 per cent of
Newgate Communications Pty Ltd. Brian Tyson currently holds
2,446,253 ordinary shares of GBP0.01 each in the capital of the
Company representing 0.54 per cent. of the issued share capital of
the Company.
There is no further information required to be disclosed in
respect of the above appointment pursuant to Rule 17 or Schedule 2
(g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.
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Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this
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Enquiries
Porta Communications Plc
Gene Golembiewski, Executive Director
+44 (0) 20 7680 6500
Grant Thornton UK LLP (Nominated Adviser)
Samantha Harrison
Daniel Bush
+44 (0) 207 383 5100
N+1 Singer (Broker)
James Maxwell
Lauren Kettle
+44 (0) 20 7496 3000
Newgate Communications (Media Enquiries)
Bob Huxford
Adam Lloyd
James Ash
+44 (0) 20 7680 6550
porta@newgatecomms.com
Notes to Editors
Porta is a fully integrated communications and marketing group
with specialisms including financial, corporate and consumer public
relations, public affairs and research and multi-capability
marketing, brand and creative communications.
The group has offices in Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brisbane, Bristol,
Canberra, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, London, Manchester,
Melbourne, Perth, Singapore and Sydney.
The brands and companies it owns are Newgate Communications,
Redleaf Communications, Publicasity, 2112 Communications and Summit
Marketing Services.
Porta Communications' corporate website is
www.portacomms.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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