3 Aug 2012 11:40
3 August 2012
The Stanley Gibbons Group plc
("Stanley Gibbons" or the "Company")
Board Appointment
The Board of The Stanley Gibbons Group plc is pleased to announce that Martin Magee has been appointed an independent Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 August 2012.
Martin, aged 52, has been a Jersey resident since May 2002 when he was appointed Finance Director of Jersey Electricity plc, moving from Scottish Power plc after nine years in a variety of senior finance roles. He previously worked for nine years with Stakis plc, (now part of the Hilton Hotels Group). He is also Chairman of Jersey Deep Freeze Limited, a Director of the Channel Islands Electricity Grid Limited and a Non-Executive Director of the Newton Offshore Strategy Fund Limited. He was a member of the States of Jersey Public Accounts Committee until 2011.
Martin Bralsford, Chairman, commented: "Apart from his professional financial qualification and expertise, Mr Magee brings with him a background of public company and business experience. He is ideally suited to chair the Company's Audit Committee and, after an extensive search in the Channel Islands and the United Kingdom, his appointment comes at a key point in the development of the Company, to which he will make a significant contribution."
Martin Magee is, or has been in the previous five years, a Director of the following companies:
Current: Jersey Electricity plc, Jersey Deep Freeze Ltd, Foreshore Holdings Ltd, Channel Islands Electricity Grid Ltd, Newton Offshore Strategy Fund Ltd, Longueville Court (Jersey) Ltd
Previous: Triangle Holdings Ltd
The Company confirms that there is no other information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the Aim Rules for Companies.
For further information, please contact by telephone:
The Stanley Gibbons Group plc
Martin Bralsford, Chairman +44(0)1534 766711
Michael Hall, Chief Executive +44(0)1534 766711
Richard Purkis, Company Secretary +44(0)20 7836 8444
Peel Hunt LLP, NOMAD/Broker
Dan Webster/Matthew Armitt +44(0)20 7418 8900