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Personal Group Holdings PLC
12 June 2014 
 
 Press Release  12 June 2014  
 
 
Personal Group Holdings plc 
 
("Personal Group" or the "Group") 
 
Personal Group makes two senior appointments 
 
Personal Group, a leading provider of employee benefits, employee related
insurance products and financial services in the UK, announces the appointment
of 
 
Emily Cottenham as Group Head of HR 
 
and John Palman as Associate Director of Business Development. 
 
Ms. 
 
Cottenham 
 
is an HR expert specialising in employee relations and recruitment and was
previously HR Business Partner for financial services at the Home Retail Group
where she was responsible for working with the financial services leadership
team to define, develop and implement their people strategies.  Prior to this
she held a number of senior HR positions at Barclaycard and was Employee
Relations Manager at Barclays as well as HR Advisor at Sema. 
 
Mr Palman held a number of senior sales positions in the employee benefits
sector prior to joining Personal Group, including Vice President of Client
Business Development at Xexec, Senior Sales Consultant at Enrich Reward and
Sales Manager at Benefex. 
 
Mark Scanlon, CEO of Personal Group, commented:  "I am delighted to welcome
Emily and John to Personal Group.  Both bring a wealth of HR and sales
experience within the employee relations and benefits space.  Emily and John
will be a real asset to the Group and I look forward to working with them as
the Company continues to expand its products and services to existing and new
clients." 
 
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For more information please contact: 
 
 Personal Group Holdings Plc                         
 Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive  +44 (0)1908 605 000  
 
 
 Cenkos Securities Plc                                         
 Max Hartley (Nomad)Russell Kerr (Sales)  +44 (0)20 7397 8900  
 
 
Media enquiries: 
 
 Abchurch Communications                                         
 Quincy Allan / Alistair de Kare-Silver  +44 (0)20 7398 7710     
 quincy.allan@abchurch-group.com         www.abchurch-group.com  
 
 
Notes to Editors 
 
With a 30 year track record of looking after its customers' employees,
Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a leading provider of employee
benefits and employee related insurance products, offering benefits programmes
to over 2 million employees across the UK. 
 
Personal Group's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its
programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with
employees, makes its offering compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as
a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  Personal Group's
benefits offer employees an effective way of making their pay-packet stretch
further.  The Group tailors its packages to include insurance products such as
hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection plans,
as well as lifestyle benefits such as holiday and retail discounts, health and
wellbeing benefits and a range of tax efficient benefits. 
 
In March 2014, the Group acquired Lets Connect, a leader in the home
technology salary sacrifice market which focuses on large enterprises in the
private and public sector. 
 
Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including
transport, where it works with the likes of Network Rail and Stagecoach,
healthcare, where clients include Priory Group and Spire Healthcare and
logistics, with companies such as TNT Express. The Group also has a strong
presence in food manufacturing and service and clients include 2 Sisters Food
Group and Young's Seafood. 
 
With over 550 clients the Group has grown considerably and provides engaging
and effective benefits packages across a breadth of sectors. 
 
For further information, go to www.personal-group.com. 
 
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