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17/05/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 6899L  essensys PLC  17 May 2022

 

17 May 2022

 

 

essensys plc

 

("essensys" or the "Group")

 

Board changes

 

Sarah Harvey joins as CFO, Alan Pepper moves to COO role

 

Further to the announcement on 3 February 2022, essensys plc (AIM:ESYS), the
leading global provider of mission critical software-as-a-service (SaaS) and
technology platforms to the flexible workspace and commercial real estate
industries, confirms that on 16 May 2022 Sarah Harvey joined essensys' board
of directors (the "Board") as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Group.

 

Sarah joins from Virgin Media O2, where she most recently held the role of
Operations Finance Director.  She is an experienced finance professional,
having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2002 with PwC, and latterly was
a Director in their Transaction Services, Capital Markets team, leading all
aspects of listed company transactions including acquisitions, disposals, IPOs
and fund-raisings.  She has spent the last five years in a number of senior
roles within Telefonica UK (now Virgin Media O2), including as Commercial
Finance Director and two years as Chief Financial Officer of giffgaff where
she oversaw significant revenue and profit growth.

 

Alan Pepper, previously Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer,
has now assumed the newly created stand-alone role of Chief Operating Officer
("COO").  Alan remains a member of the Group's board of directors.

 

Jon Lee, Non-Executive Chairman of essensys, said:

 

"I am delighted to welcome Sarah Harvey to the executive team at essensys.
Sarah's appointment and Alan Pepper's move into the new stand-alone COO role
concludes the evolution of our senior management team, creating capacity to
fulfil the growth ambitions we set out at the fundraising in July 2021.
Sarah brings a wealth of relevant expertise and is extremely well qualified to
oversee the continued financial management of the Group."

 

For further information, please contact:

 

 essensys plc                                                          +44 (0)20 3102 5252
 Mark Furness, Chief Executive Officer
 Alan Pepper, Chief Operating Officer

 Sarah Harvey, Chief Financial Officer

 Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)           +44 (0)20 7496 3000
 Peter Steel / Harry Gooden / George Tzimas

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)                                              +44 (0)20 3207 7800
 Ben Wright / Mark Whitmore / Richard Andrews

 FTI Consulting
 Jamie Ricketts / Eve Kirmatzis / Talia Jessener / Victoria Caton      +44 (0)20 3727 1000

 

About essensys plc

 

essensys is a leading global technology company for commercial real estate.
Our platform is designed to solve the problems faced by today's modern office
landlords and flex workspace providers, providing the intelligent digital
backbone that enables the real-time provisioning of digital services through
intelligent network automation.

 

essensys delivers a simple, secure and scalable solution that helps our
customers to create digitally enabled buildings and spaces portfolio-wide, to
deliver seamless experiences, and realise smart building and ESG ambitions.
We simplify network management, reduce operational complexity, provide
enterprise-grade security, deliver on-demand digital services and access the
data and insights to drive success.

 

Founded in 2006, and AIM-listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2019,
essensys is active in the UK, Europe, North America and APAC.

 

Additional disclosures required under Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) of the AIM
Rules for Companies

 

Sarah Lesley Harvey (previously Sarah Lesley Mason) (aged 46) does not hold
any current directorships or partnerships nor have any previous directorships
or partnerships been held in the past five years.

 

Sarah Harvey currently holds 19,101 ordinary shares in essensys, equal to
0.03% of the Group's issued share capital.

 

There are no additional disclosures required under Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g)
of the AIM Rules for Companies.

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