Escape Hunt PLC Directorate Change (9051W)
16 December 2019 - 6:01PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9051W
Escape Hunt PLC
16 December 2019
16 December 2019
Escape Hunt plc
("Escape Hunt", the "Company" or the "Group")
Directorate Change
Escape Hunt plc (AIM: ESC), a global leader in the high growth
escape rooms sector, is pleased to announce that Graham Bird has
been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company with
effect from 6 January 2020.
Graham brings a wealth of experience in financial and City
matters and in growing small businesses. He is a chartered
accountant who has worked in advisory, investment and direct
financial roles, including full divisional strategic and financial
responsibility at roles in JP Morgan Cazenove, Paypoint plc and
Gresham House plc. He also has audit committee Chairman
experience.
Graham was one of the founding employees, and spent the last
four years at, Gresham House plc where, alongside Tony Dalwood, he
was responsible for establishing and managing a successful
strategic equity business unit which focuses on both quoted and
unquoted equity investments using the principles and practices of
private equity. Graham was involved in all aspects of the
development of Gresham House from a 'start-up' in 2015 with a
balance sheet and market capitalisation of approximately GBP20
million and six employees to a profitable alternative asset
management business, which today has over GBP2.6 billion of AUM and
a market capitalisation of approximately GBP160 million.
Prior to joining Gresham House, Graham spent six years as a
senior executive at PayPoint Plc, latterly as director of strategic
planning and corporate development. He was also executive chairman
and president of PayByPhone, a multi-national mobile payments
technology division of PayPoint operating in Canada, the UK and
France between 2010 and 2014.
Between 2005 and 2009, he was head of strategic investment and
all corporate finance activity at SVG Investment Managers, the
public equities team within SVG Capital plc. He joined SVG from
JPMorgan Cazenove, where he was a director in the corporate finance
department, including 3.5 years establishing, building and leading
Cazenove's corporate finance business in South Africa.
He was a non-executive director of Journey Group plc from 2007
until 2016, including periods as chairman of the audit and
nomination committees, and acting chairman when Journey Group was
subject to a successful takeover bid by private equity. Graham, who
is a chartered accountant, began his career in audit and corporate
finance at Deloitte and holds an MA in Economics from the
University of Cambridge.
Richard Harpham, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Graham to the Board and I am confident
that his combination of board, public market and operational
experience will add significant value to the Company. I look
forward to working with him as we continue to implement our
strategy to drive revenue growth and expand the business."
Disclosure
Regulatory disclosures (in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule
Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies).
Graham John Bird, aged 50, holds or has held in the last 5 years
the following directorships and/or partnerships
Current Directorships/Partnerships Past Directorships/Partnerships
Gresham House Asset Management 365 ITMS Limited
Limited Journey Group Limited
Gresham House Strategic Public
Equity Carry LP
Gresham House Strategic Public
Equity Friends and Family LP
Littleroc Limited
There are no further disclosures to be made in relation to
Graham Bird in accordance with Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the
AIM Rules for Companies.
Enquiries
Escape Hunt plc
Richard Harpham (Chief Executive Officer) +44 (0) 7584
173958
Shore Capital - Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker
Tom Griffiths, David Coaten, Fiona Conroy +44 (0) 20 7408
4080
Peel Hunt LLP - Joint Broker
George Sellar, Guy Pengelley +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
Yellow Jersey PR Ltd.- Financial Public Relations
Harriet Jackson +44 (0) 203 004 9512
Dominic Barretto
Henry Wilkinson
About Escape Hunt plc
The Escape Hunt Group is a global leader in providing live
escape-the-room experiences with a network of owner-operated sites
in the UK and a global network of franchised outlets in six
continents. The Company was re-admitted to AIM in May 2017 and has
a strategy of creating high quality premium games and experiences,
which incorporates branded IP content.
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