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RNS Number : 7158W  RWS Holdings PLC  14 December 2023

14 December 2023

 

RWS Holdings plc

 

Appointment of Non-executive Directors

 

RWS Holdings plc ("RWS" or "the Group"), a unique world-leading provider of
technology-enabled language, content and intellectual property services,
today announces the appointment of Paul Abbott and Graham Cooke as
independent Non-executive Directors with effect from 1 January 2024.

Paul Abbott is Chief Executive Officer of American Express Global Business
Travel ("Amex GBT"), which is the leading global software and services company
for travel and expense for more than 20,000 businesses around the world. Since
joining in 2019, Paul has led Amex GBT through several strategic acquisitions,
transforming the company's product and technology solutions and driving
significant growth with SME customers. After initially leading the business as
a private equity-backed joint venture, Paul took Amex GBT public on the New
York Stock Exchange in May 2022. Paul also chairs the Global Business Travel
Association Foundation, spearheading its strategy to drive a more sustainable
and diverse future for the industry. Before Amex GBT, Paul was Chief
Commercial Officer at American Express. In his twenty-four years at American
Express, he served in a variety of senior roles across the business.

Graham Cooke is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Qubit, a
leading SaaS company in the e-commerce space, providing AI-personalised
shopping recommendations to more than 1 billion shoppers per month.  He
oversaw the sale of Qubit to Coveo Solutions in 2021 followed by a listing on
the Toronto Stock Exchange, and he remained an advisor to the company until
2023.  Prior to Qubit, Graham was one of the first European employees at
Google, working on its Ad Platform and Google Analytics products.  Graham
joined the board of ITV PLC as a Non-executive Director in 2020 where he sits
on the Audit Committee and regularly contributes to ITV's digital strategy,
including ITVX. Graham continues to focus on founding and developing new
technologies and is a published author and speaker around technology shifts
and how they will impact business strategy.

Paul and Graham will both join the Nomination Committee and each will be
invited to join one of the other committees of the Board in due course.  They
will both stand for election by the shareholders of the Company at the Annual
General Meeting on 22 February 2024.

Julie Southern, Chairman of RWS, commented:

"We are delighted to welcome both Paul and Graham to the Board of RWS
following an extensive search process.  Their combined breadth of experience
in technology platforms and solutions, implementing organisational change and
driving business growth in customer-focused, international organisations
further strengthens the Group's highly experienced Board.  Their appointment
will be of great value as the Group capitalises on its unique platform to
drive accelerated, sustainable organic growth, complemented by acquisitions.
I look forward to working with them both."

Directorships

Other than the directorships listed below, there is no further information
required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM
Rules for Companies in relation to either Paul Abbott's or Graham Cooke's
appointments to the Board.

Paul and Graham hold or have held directorships in the five years preceding
their appointment at RWS as follows:

Current appointments:

Paul Abbott:

Global Business Travel Inc.

Global Business Travel Association Foundation

 

 

Graham Cooke:

ITV PLC

Web3 Book Ltd

Imagine Workshop Ltd

Federated Labs Ltd

Roystar

 

Appointments held in the past five years:

 

Paul Abbott:

None

 

Graham Cooke:

Qubit Digital Limited

Qubit Inc.

 

For further information, please contact:

 RWS Holdings plc

 Julie Southern, Chairman

 Ian El-Mokadem, Chief Executive Officer          01753 480200

 MHP (Financial PR advisor)                       rws@mhpgroup.com (mailto:rws@mhpgroup.com)

 Katie Hunt / Eleni Menikou / Catherine Chapman   020 3128 8100

                                                  07884 494112
 Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker)

 Stuart Skinner / Will Baunton                    020 7260 1000

 Berenberg (Joint Broker)

 Ben Wright / Toby Flaux / Milo Bonser            020 3207 7800

About RWS:

RWS Holdings plc is a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled
language, content and intellectual property services. Through content
transformation and multilingual data analysis, our combination of AI-enabled
technology and human expertise helps our clients to grow by ensuring they are
understood anywhere, in any language.

Our purpose is unlocking global understanding. By combining cultural
understanding, client understanding and technical understanding, our services
and technology assist our clients to acquire and retain customers, deliver
engaging user experiences, maintain compliance and gain actionable insights
into their data and content.

Over the past 20 years we've been evolving our own AI solutions as well as
helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With
40+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the
experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.

We work with over 80% of the world's top 100 brands, more than three-quarters
of Fortune's 20 'Most Admired Companies' and almost all of the top
pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our
client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and North and South America.
Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the
automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology
and telecommunications sectors.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM,
the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com (http://www.rws.com/) .

 

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