People: dotDigital Group PLC (DOTD.L)

DOTD.L on London Stock Exchange

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17 Apr 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Francis Beechinor-Collins

48 2011 Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board

Peter Simmonds

54 Chief Executive Officer, Finance Director, Executive Director

Ian Taylor

39 2011 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director

Milan Patel

28 Financial Controller, Company Secretary

Simon Bird

36 2011 Chief Technical Officer, Executive Director

Gordon Fidura

43 2009 Client Services Director, Executive Director

Simone Barratt

52 2012 Non-Executive Director

Richard Kellett-Clarke

58 2011 Non-Executive Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Francis Beechinor-Collins

Mr. Francis Beechinor-Collins is Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of DotDigital Group plc since May 05, 2011. He was for 11 years, CEO of One Click HR, an AIM quoted IT/Human Resources business of which he was a co-founder. The Company operated in the UK and North America and had around 200 employees. Frank oversaw the sale of the business to ADP, a US$4bn NYSE listed company, for US$25m. In notable addition, Frank was for five years, Operations Director of GMCS, part of Grand Metropolitan, a UK-based training services provider, with several thousand employees. Frank brings a great deal of corporate experience to the Board, gained over 25 years of working for and running public and private companies. Frank has a track record in M&A and brings with him a quality network of contacts in the fields of managed services and Software as a Service (SaaS).

Peter Simmonds

Mr. Peter Anthony Simmonds is Chief Executive Officer, Finance Director, Executive Director of Dotdigital Group plc. Mr. Simmonds commenced his career in 1976 as a trainee accountant with Unilever PLC and has over 30 years of experience at senior management and board level, principally in the areas of banking, insurance, finance, IT, outsourcing and software. As well as company experience, he has considerable entrepreneurial experience having been involved at start-up or early stage of a number of companies in various industry sectors including consultancy services, vehicle leasing, software and internet solutions. As well as being an experienced finance professional, Peter has considerable experience of acquisitions, disposals, post-acquisition integration, change management and creating cultures and structures to facilitate entrepreneurship and growth.

Ian Taylor

Mr. Ian Taylor is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Director of Dotdigital Group plc. Mr. Taylor has many years’ experience in the field of interactive electronic communications. He is an elected member of the Direct Marketing Association’s Email Marketing Council and also a member of the Internet Advertising Bureau’s E-communications Council. Tink was a judge for the Email and Virals category at the DMA awards.

Milan Patel

Mr. Milan Patel, ACCA ACSI, is Financial Controller, Company Secretary of Dotdigital Group plc. Milan joined the Company in 2007 and was appointed Group Company Secretary in 2009. Milan is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments and holds a BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance. Milan has over seven years experience in accounting and finance within the media and logistics industry. He has been responsible for the financial and legal aspects of the reverse acquisition of West End Ventures PLC, acquisition of Netcallidus, admission to Plus and the introduction to AIM. He is also responsible for the Group’s functions in financial management and reporting, regulatory compliance, legal and corporate governance.

Simon Bird

Mr. Simon Bird is Chief Technical Officer, Executive Director of Dotdigital Group plc. Prior to co-founding dotDigital Group, he assisted in the development of a internet access provider. He has provided services to a number of well-known companies and organisations helping create websites, intranets, extranets, content management systems and other online solutions.

Gordon Fidura

Mr. Gordon Fidura is Client Services Director, Executive Director of Dotdigital Group plc. He joined the dotDigital Group in January 2009 with a remit to build company's digital strategy services offering. Skip has been in marketing for over 14 years, most recently as Email Partner at OgilvyOne London and prior to that as the Director of European Operations for Acxiom Digital. He has worked with clients such as BT, Kodak, hp, Intel, and Travelocity.co.uk. Skip is also Vice-Chairman of the UK DMA Email Marketing Council and was listed by Revolution Magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in new media.

Simone Barratt

Ms. Simone Jennifer Mary Barratt (previously Simone Jennifer Mary Sykes-Balls) has been appointed as Non-Executive Director of DotDigital Group Plc., effective October 9, 2012. She has served as a Director of e-Dialog UK Ltd & e-Dialog Inc.

Richard Kellett-Clarke

Mr. Richard Graham Quinton Kellett-Clarke is Non-Executive Independent Director of Dotdigital Group plc since June 13, 2011. He has over 25 years of management experience in the turn round and strategic repositioning and recovery of creative businesses in CMCG, media, electronics and software industries. He was a founder of AFX NEWS Limited, now part of Thomson Reuters, and Sealed Media, now owned by Oracle. He has held numerous CFO roles in subsidiaries of PLCs as well as the role of IT Director at Financial Times Information. He was part of the team as CFO which brought Picwick Group PLC to the main market and Brady PLC to AIM. He is currently the CEO of Idox PLC an AIM-listed specialist software, solutions and KM consultancy business.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Francis Beechinor-Collins

35,000

Peter Simmonds

166,452

Ian Taylor

167,843

Milan Patel

--

Simon Bird

167,843

Gordon Fidura

95,510

Simone Barratt

--

Richard Kellett-Clarke

--
As Of 29 Jun 2012
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