TOTALLY PLC

Board/Management Information • Nov 4, 2015

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Totally PLC

04 November 2015

4 November 2015

Totally plc

("Totally", "the Company" or "the Group")

Appointments of Chief Information Officer (Totally PLC) and

Chief Operating Officer (Totally Health Limited)

The Board of Totally (AIM: TLY), the provider of a range of services to the healthcare sector, announces that Mr Malcolm Wrigley has been appointed to the position of Chief Information Officer, of Totally Plc, and that Ms Emma Jane Roberts has been appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer, of Totally Health Limited ("Totally Health"), the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, both with immediate effect. Both appointments are non-board.

Malcolm is joining the Company after almost 20 years as Group IT Director for Essentra Plc, a leading international corporation. Whilst at Essentra, Mr Wrigley helped the Company through a transformation from a FTSE 250 to a FTSE 140 business with a fast growing international market. Mr Wrigley has extensive expertise in procurement, outsourcing and supplier management as well as having detailed financial process and systems knowledge. During his career he has also worked with over 100 businesses in the manufacturing, distribution, FMCG and public sectors.  

Prior to Essentra, Mr Wrigley was a commercial senior IT Director, business leader and principal management consultant with KPMG.

Malcolm has a First Class BA in Business Studies degree and a MBA in Master of Business Administration, specialising in manufacturing and operations management. He is also a Certified Practitioner from PRINCE2. 

Emma Jane brings over 20 years' experience in successfully delivering strategic and operational management and consultancy services across all areas of the healthcare sector. Since January 2012, Emma Jane has worked with Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group ("Leicester City CCG"), which plans and manages most healthcare services for people living in Leicester City and is an existing client of Totally Health. Her roles at Leicester City CCG have varied from Head of Implementation to Deputy Director of Strategy and Implementation, where she has a consistent track record of delivering a complex range of primary, community, urgent and planned care. She also delivered transformational service developments which have been recognised nationally and won several awards.

In addition to this, Emma Jane had past successes in leading complex change management programmes and, prior to Leicester City CCG, was Managing Director at AR Associate UK Ltd Completed Contracts.

Emma Jane has an MSc in Health Care Management from the University of Birmingham and a BSc. (Hons.) in Industrial Management from Nottingham Trent University as well as several other qualifications including a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care Management.

Wendy Lawrence, CEO of Totally plc and Totally Health Limited, said:

"Malcolm and Emma Jane are both joining the Company at a time of exciting growth. Both come with an impressive track record, Malcolm has extensive experience in developing companies in their growth stages, while Emma-Jane comes with over 20 years working across all sectors of healthcare and has a strong knowledge of our business having worked with Leicester City CCG.

I am delighted to welcome them to the team and believe their knowledge will prove invaluable to the wider teams at Totally and Totally Health."

Enquiries:

Totally Plc / Totally Health Limited
Wendy Lawrence, Chief Executive	020 3077 2212
Bob Holt, Chairman	07778 789 816
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)	+44 (0) 203 328 5656
Nick Naylor
Nick Athanas
Alex Brearley
Optiva Securities Limited (Joint Broker)	+44 (0) 20 3137 1902
Christian Dennis
Jeremy King
Blytheweigh (PR/ IR Advisor)	+44 (0) 20 7138 3204
Tim Blythe
Camilla Horsfall
Fergus Lane
Notes to Editors Totally plc is focused on the provision of professional health coaching which promotes and facilitates self-care. Totally's services have been shown to reduce costs for Clinical Commissioning Groups by, for example, reducing unplanned admissions to hospitals and visits to Accident and Emergency Departments. Totally currently operates contracts with NHS England and several CCGs across England delivering their Long Term Condition Management and Shared Decision Making Programs.  Totally Health is a provider of a range of services to the healthcare sector that supports individuals to better understand their clinical conditions and support them to avoid exacerbations of such conditions and promote self-care. Shared Decision Making and the Management of Long Term Conditions are key strategic areas for the NHS in England. The NHS in England estimates that £7 out of every £10 spent on health and social care is spent looking after people diagnosed with a Long Term Condition.

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