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RNS Number : 6778H  Personal Group Holdings PLC  07 December 2020

7 December 2020

Personal Group Holding PLC

(the "Company", "Personal Group", "PGH" or "Group")

Appointment of Non-Executive Director

Personal Group PLC, a leading provider of employee services in the UK, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Bennett as a Non-Executive
Director from 1(st) January 2021.

 

Martin is an experienced public company director having held a number of
executive and non-executive roles for companies within the consumer,
technology and other sectors. He currently chairs the boards of two privately
owned technology led companies, Ventureprise plc and Foreign Currency Direct
plc, together with the Association of Foreign Exchange and Payments Companies
(AFEP), a trade body responsible for the UK payments industry.

 

Prior to these appointments, Martin held the role of Chief Executive Officer
UK of Homeserve plc having been Chief Financial Officer until 2012, where he
led the successful strategic turnaround of Homeserve's UK business. Martin is
a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales,
having qualified in 1994.

 

Mark Winlow, Chairman, commented:

 

"Personal Group and its board will benefit greatly from Martin's business and
technical experience.  In particular, he has led regulated businesses and
held listed company positions where, amongst other roles, he was responsible
for investor relations.  I look forward to working with Martin in 2021."

 

Further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule Two,
paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules:

 

Martin John Bennett, aged 51, is currently or has previously been a director
or partner of the following companies or partnerships within the past five
years:

 

 Current Directorships or Partnerships                      Directorships or Partnerships within the past five years
 Infinity Foreign Exchange Limited                          Homeserve PLC
 Currency Holdings Limited                                  Homeserve Membership Limited
 Infinity International Limited                             Home Energy Services Limited
 The Association of Foreign Exchange and Payment Companies  Homeserve Labs Limited
 Armoise Ltd                                                Sherrington Mews Limited
 Foreign Currency Direct PLC                                Checkagroup Holdings Limited

                                                            Checkaprofessional.com Limited
                                                            Checkatrade Limited
                                                            Checkatrade Installers Limited
                                                            Checkatrade National Limited
                                                            Checkatrade.com Limited
                                                            Vetted Limited
                                                            Help-Link UK Limited

 

Martin does not hold any ordinary shares in the Company.

 

There is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule
Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies.

 

-ENDS-

For more information please contact:

 

 Personal Group Holdings Plc
 Deborah Frost / Sarah Mace             +44 (0)1908 605 000
 Cenkos Securities Plc
 Max Hartley / Callum Davidson (Nomad)  +44 (0)20 7397 8900
 Russell Kerr (Sales)
 Hudson Sandler
 Nick Lyon / Lucy Wollam                +44 (0)20 7796 4133

Notes to Editors

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a technology enabled employee
services business, working with employers to drive productivity though better
employee engagement and a more motivated workforce. With over 35 years'
experience, the Company provides employee benefits and services to a large
number of employees across the UK.

Personal Group offer in-house services, including employee insurance products
(hospital, convalescence plans and death benefit), the provision of home
technology via salary sacrifice (iPads, computers, laptops, smart phones and
smart TVs), the provision of e-payslips, and pay and reward consulting via
Innecto, the leading independent UK consultancy acquired in 2019. Third party
services include retail discounts, employee assistance programmes, wellbeing
programmes and salary sacrifice cars and bikes.

The product offer is provided via the Company's proprietary technology
platform, Hapi. The platform is intuitive, designed primarily for app
deployment and also accessible via web and tablet, driving better engagement,
communication and value recognition. Hapi is flexible and can quickly
integrate additional services, such as existing employee services and partner
platforms. Hapi is a digital SaaS product.

Through technology and select acquisitions, the Company has grown its
addressable market to the majority of the working population in the UK;
including 15.6m SME employees targeted via its partnership with Sage, the UK's
largest software company.

The Personal Group innovative approach to using technology to deliver its
programmes, in combination with its face-to-face method of communicating with
employees, delivers a compelling offer to blue-chip clients across the UK as a
way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  The acquisition of
Innecto in February 2019 allows Personal Group to engage with clients earlier
in their thinking around Pay and Reward, and to interact with a new base of
blue-chip and fast growth clients typically at HR Director and CEO level.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a diverse range of sectors.
Clients include: Arsenal F.C., Barchester Healthcare Ltd, DHL Supply Chain
Limited, The Go-Ahead Group plc, Samworth Brothers Ltd, Independent Television
News, Stagecoach Group plc and Wincanton plc.

For further information, please see www.personalgroup.com
(http://www.personalgroup.com/)

 

 

 

 

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