Change in the Board of Directors at Myriad Group AG Freitag, 19. April 2013 - 18:00
Change in the Board of Directors at Myriad Group AG
ZURICH, Switzerland – 19 April 2013 – Myriad Group AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: MYRN), the company creating and connecting communities across mobile and TV, today announced that David Arnott will not stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2013, due to his full-time commitments as CEO of Temenos. Myriad will propose Richard Francis (Managing Director of Francis Vienne Ltd) as a new non-executive member of the Board of Directors for election at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 29 April 2013.
Erik Hansen, Chairman of the Board of Directors commented: “I want to extend my sincere thanks to David for his great contribution to the board during a challenging financial year, I wish him the very best in his future. We are also very excited about Richard’s nomination for election to the Myriad Board of Directors because of his vast operational and strategic experience in our industry and his well established reputation in the market”.
Curriculum Vitae of Richard Francis
Born/Nationality 1969, British citizen
Mr. Francis has been serving as Managing Director of Francis Vienne Ltd, a company providing strategic financial services to high-growth companies, since 2011. He has experience in managing finance and operations for both public and privately-held technology companies. His most recent public company role was CFO of Day Software (2008–2011), a Swiss listed company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2010. Previously, Mr Francis was Senior Director of Finance, EMEA for Interwoven (2004-2008). He has also held senior finance positions with Novell, Gillette and Duracell, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. Mr Francis holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Manchester.
