Synchronica Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
April 15 2012 - 10:01PM
PR Newswire (Canada)
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK, April 16, 2012 /CNW/ - Synchronica plc
("Synchronica" or "the Company"), the international provider of
next-generation mobile messaging solutions, announces several
changes to the Board of Directors. Following the offer for
Synchronica by Myriad Group AG ("Myriad") being declared
unconditional in all respects, Simon Wilkinson has been appointed
Executive Chairman and James Bodha has been appointed Executive
Director with immediate effect. David Mason and Michael
Jackson have resigned from the board with immediate effect.
Simon John Wilkinson, Executive Chairman (aged 46) Simon
Wilkinson has been Chief Executive Officer of Myriad since March
2009, following the acquisition of Purple Labs (where he held the
same position) by Esmertec, creating Myriad. Previously, he
was CEO of Purple Labs SA from September 2007 to March 2009 and
successfully drove that company's acquisition of the Openwave
Systems mobile software business and the Sagem Mobile applications
business. He was the Founder of Magic4 Ltd in March 2000 and served
as its Chief Executive Officer. Magic4 became the global market
leader in mobile messaging software before being sold to Openwave
Systems in August 2004. Earlier in his career, he worked for
Philips in senior international sales roles from January 1996 to
February 2000, and then raised venture funding of USD 21 million
from 3i, Philips & Motorola to found Magic4 from Philips. Simon
Wilkinson was personally recognised as an Ernst & Young
Emerging Entrepreneur of the year 2002. Simon Wilkinson is
currently, or has been in the past five years, a director of the
following companies:
____________________________________________________________________
|Current Directorships |Previous Directorships in last five| | |
years|
|________________________________|___________________________________|
|Myriad Group AG (Switzerland) |Myriad Software Limited | |Myriad
France SAS (France) | | |Myriad Mobile Software Solutions| |
|Private Limited (India) | | |Myriad Group UK Limited (UK) | |
|Mobilaris AB (Sweden) | |
|________________________________|___________________________________|
James Sanjay Bodha, Executive Director (aged 45) James Bodha
has served as Chief Financial Officer of Myriad since September
2009. He has over 13 years of senior financial management
experience with a successful track record in managing business
operations in a variety of publicly listed companies in the
engineering, retail and technology sectors. Prior to joining
Myriad, James was CFO at Aircom International, the market leader in
mobile network planning and optimisation, from May 2006 to July
2009. Before Aircom, he was CFO of the Global Mobile Handset
Software Division of Openwave Systems, a NASDAQ-listed mobile
software and services company based in San Francisco from August
2004 to April 2006. His arrival at Openwave followed its
acquisition of Magic4, the global market leader in mobile
messaging, where Mr. Bodha had been CFO from September 2003 to
August 2004. Prior to joining Magic4, James Bodha was the Finance
& Commercial Director at Anite Public Sector Ltd from January
2001 to June 2003, the Trading Finance Director for the UK Retail
Division at Airtours Ltd from November 1999 to January 2001, and a
Divisional Finance Director at Asda plc from May 1997 to November
1999. James Bodha has a Bachelor of Science degree (Hons) in
Chemistry from Owens University, Manchester, and is a qualified
Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants for England and Wales (ICAEW). James Bodha is
currently, or has been in the past five years, a director of the
following companies:
_________________________________________________________________
|Current Directorships |Previous Directorships in last| | | five
years|
|__________________________________|______________________________|
|Myriad Group AG (Switzerland) | | |Myriad France SAS (France) | |
|Myriad Group UK Limited (UK) | | |Myriad Mobile Software Solutions
| | |Private Limited (India) | | |MG Mobile Software Mexico S. de
R.| | |L. de C. V. (Mexico) | | |Myriad Group Australia Pty
Limited| | |(Australia) | | |Myriad Group Mobile Software Inc | |
|(USA) | | |Myriad Technology AG (Swiss) | |
|__________________________________|______________________________|
This announcement includes all information required to be disclosed
under Rule 17 and Schedule 2 (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies. About Synchronica Synchronica plc is a leading
developer of next-generation mobile messaging solutions. Mobile
Gateway, Synchronica's flagship product, provides push email,
synchronization, instant messaging (IM), and social networking
services to any mobile phone currently in use. Synchronica's
patented transcoding engine uses advanced streaming to download
email attachments and can dramatically reduce the consumption of
network bandwidth by as much as 90 per cent. Mobile operators and
device manufacturers from emerging and developed markets rely on
Synchronica's white-labelled product for providing mass market
messaging services across the entire customer base, diversifying
revenues and reducing churn. Headquartered in England, Synchronica
also maintains a development center in Germany and the Philippines
in addition to a regional presence in Canada, the USA, Hong Kong,
Spain, and Dubai. Synchronica plc is a public company traded on the
AIM list of the London Stock Exchange (SYNC) and the Venture
Exchange of the Toronto Stock Exchange (SYN). For further
information, please visit www.synchronica.com Cautionary
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Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release. No stock exchange, securities commission
or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the
information contained herein. The foregoing information may contain
forward-looking statements relating to the future performance of
Synchronica. Forward-looking statements, specifically those
concerning future performance, are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from
Synchronica's plans and expectations. These plans, expectations,
risks and uncertainties are detailed herein and from time to time
in the filings made by Synchronica with the TSX Venture Exchange
and securities regulators. Synchronica does not assume any
obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Synchronica plc CONTACT:
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(0) 207 933 8780Media EnquiriesPaul
McManuspaul.mcmanus@walbrookpr.comInvestor EnquiriesPaul
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