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RNS Number : 3208G  Cirata PLC  01 October 2024

1 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:

 

 

 Current Directorships/Partnerships                   Previous Directorships/Partnerships (last 5 years)
 The Cabin Gym Limited                                Hang Technologies Limited

 Dowding Levans Capital Limited

 Dabco Limited

 Cable & Wireless Trade Mark Management Limited

 

 

 

Eric Davis Collins, aged 58, holds no ordinary shares or options in the
Company. Eric's current and previous directorships are as follows:

 

 

 Current Directorships/Partnerships        Previous Directorships/Partnerships (last 5 years)
 Impact X Capital Partners LLP             Tech Nation Group Limited

 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

 

 

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:

 

 Cirata                                  +1 (925) 380 1728
 Stephen Kelly, Chief Executive Officer
 Ijoma Maluza, Chief Financial Officer
 Daniel Hayes, Investor Relations

 FTI Consulting                          +44 (0)20 3727 1137
 Matt Dixon / Kwaku Aning / Usama Ali

 Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker)         +44 (0)20 7710 7600
 Fred Walsh / Ben Good / Sarah Wong

 Panmure Liberum (Joint Broker)          +44 (0)20 3100 2000
 Max Jones / John More

 

 

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 (http://www.cirata.com)

 

 

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