24 June 2024
Skillcast Group
plc
("Skillcast", the
"Group", or the
"Company")
Director
changes
Skillcast Group plc (AIM: SKL), the
provider of content and technology for digital compliance
transformation, is pleased to announce the appointment of James
Saralis as an independent non-executive director of the Company
with effect from 1 July 2024.
James is currently Chief Executive
Officer of NAHL Group plc ("NAHL"), an AIM listed marketing and
services business focused on the UK consumer legal market, which he
joined in January 2018. Prior to being appointed as NAHL's CEO in
2021, James served as NAHL's Chief Financial Officer and was
instrumental in the strategic and operational development of
NAHL.
James has a wealth of experience
both operationally and of the AIM market. Previously, he spent over
10 years in the general insurance industry, including as CFO of the
Direct & Partnerships and Employee Benefits divisions of Jelf,
part of Marsh & McLennan Companies. James has also held various
finance roles in Clearspeed Technology plc, HBOS plc and RAC plc.
He is a Chartered Accountant and fellow of the ICAEW, having been a
member since 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the
University of Bristol.
James will be appointed as chair of
Skillcast's remuneration committee and will be a member of the
audit committee.
As set out in the Company's 2023
annual report, Isabel Napper, non-executive director, will not be
standing for re-election as a director of Skillcast at the
Company's forthcoming annual general meeting on 25 June 2024. The
Board would like to thank Isabel for her significant contribution
guiding the Company through its IPO in 2021 and for her counsel
over the last three years.
Regulatory
disclosures
James David Saralis, aged 45, is or
has been a director or partner of the following companies or
partnerships in the past five years:
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Current directorships/partnerships
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Past directorships/partnerships
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· National Legal Helpline LLP (LLP Designated Member)
· National Conveyancing Partners Ltd
· NAHL
Group Plc
· Accident Helpline Limited
· NAH
Legal Services Limited
· Searches UK Limited
· Inside
Eye Ltd
· Tiger
Claims Limited
· National Accident Helpline Limited
· Lawyers Agency Services Limited
· Project Jupiter Limited
· NAH
Support Services Limited
· Bush
& Company Rehabilitation Limited
· NAH
Group Limited
· Consumer Champion Group Limited
· NAH
Holdings Limited
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· Homeward Legal Limited
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He does not hold any ordinary shares
in the Company.
For
further information, please contact:
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Skillcast Group plc
Richard Amos, Chairman
Vivek Dodd, CEO
Richard Steele, CFO
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+44 (0) 207 929 5000
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Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and
Broker)
James Reeve / Piers Shimwell
(Corporate Finance)
Jos Pinnington / Tony Quirke
(Corporate Broking and Sales)
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+44 (0) 203 328 5656
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About Skillcast Group plc
Skillcast helps companies build
ethical, inclusive, and resilient workplaces. It provides content
and technology to digitise and streamline compliance processes and
manage them from a single compliance portal. Its product range
includes a Learning management system with comprehensive
off-the-shelf compliance course libraries, a Policy hub, Staff
declarations, Anonymous surveys, CPD tracking, and compliance
registers for gifts, expenses, PA dealing,
whistleblowing.