MERIT GROUP PLC — Board/Management Information 2016

Sep 5, 2016

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Dods Group PLC

05 September 2016

05 September 2016

Dods Group PLC

("Dods" or "the Company" or "the Group")

Appointment of CFO and Directors of the Group

Dods Group plc (AIM: DODS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nitil Patel as Chief Financial Officer and Director with immediate effect.

Mr. Patel was previously CFO of Ten Alps plc (recently rebranded Zinc Media plc) from July 2001 to February 2014. During this time, Mr. Patel managed three divisions of the group, driving growth both organically and through a number of strategic acquisitions. He was a key member of the team from the very start of Ten Alps in 1999 as Finance Director and was responsible for its listing on AIM in 2001. He trained with Sayers Butterworth before joining TV production business Planet 24 Limited, where he worked as a financial accountant and on productions such as the Big Breakfast. Mr. Patel is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. 

The Group is also pleased to announce Diane Lees CBE as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. 

Ms. Lees is the Director-General of Imperial War Museums, the cultural lead for the Centenary of the First World War, and is a Trustee of 14-18NOW, the Centenary's Cultural Programme. Ms. Lees is a Trustee of the IWM Development Trust, The Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Trust, and the Army Museums Ogilby Trust. She serves as Vice President of the American Air Museum in Britain, is a member of the Women Leaders in Museums Network (WLMN), and sits on the Arts Council's external advice panel. Ms. Lees serves as Chair of the National Museum Directors' Council (NMDC) and has appointments to both the University of Lincoln's Board of Governors and the University of Oxford Humanities External Advisory Board. Ms. Lees is currently chairing a review of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)'s Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund. 

Cheryl Jones, Chairman, commented: 

"The Board is pleased to welcome both Nitil and Diane to the Board of Directors. The timing of Nitil joining the Group is important as his operational experience will be very valuable as the Company continues its transformational plans which include targeted acquisitions. 

Diane's diverse leadership positions, as well as her domain knowledge of specific sectors such as higher education, make her a valued member of the Board." 

Mr. Patel, aged 46, is currently, or has been previously, a director of the following companies within the past five years:

Current Directorships:

Soma21 Limited

Previous Directorships:

3 BM TV Limited

A Victim of Peace Ltd

Atalink Limited

Able Debt Collection Limited     Blakeway Productions Limited                  Below the Radar Ltd

Brook Lapping Productions Limited                         Carins Veterinary Books and Supplies Limited                   County Link Media Ltd                                   Children's Traffic Club Limited                  DBDA Limited                                                    Education Digital Limited

Education Digital Management Limited

Films of Record Limited                                                Grove House Publishing Limited              Hart Davies TV Limited

In Business Media Limited

Index Media Limited                                      Influence Creative and Media Limited      Interact Media and Creative Limited

Inspire Creative and Media (Edinburgh) Limited Inspire Creative and Media (Fareham) Limited Museums and Galleries Limited

Inspire Creative and Media Sovereign Publications Limited

Ten Alps Digital Limited

Interact Digital Media Limited Ten Alps Live Limited

Interface Media Services Limited Ten Alps MTD Limited

Link 2 Trade Limited Yozza Limited

Newton Project Limited

Planet 64 Limited

Schoolsworld Limited

T.G. Scott & Son Limited

Teach Pro Limited

Ten Alps Agency Ltd

Ten Alps Communicate Ltd                                                         Ten Alps Communications Limited          Ten Alps Creative and Media Limited

Ten Alps Media Limited

Ten Alps Publishing Limited

Ten Alps RMA Limited

Ten Alps TV Limited

Ten Alps Vision (Edinburgh) Limited

Ten Alps plc

Ten Alps Communications PTE Limited

Ten Alps TV PTE Limited 

Mr. Patel was previously a director of Ten Alps Media Limited, a subsidiary of Ten Alps plc, which recently announced that it has instructed professionals to place the subsidiary into a creditors' voluntary liquidation. 

Diane Elizabeth Lees, aged 52, is currently a director of Imperial War Museum Trading Company Limited. 

Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters which are required to be disclosed in accordance with Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies. 

For more information contact:                 

Cenkos Securities plc

(Nominated Advisor and Broker to Dods)

Nicholas Wells   020 7397 8920

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