Crossword Cybersecurity PLC Crossword CEO Tom Ilube CBE appointed Chair of RFU
March 01 2021 - 7:26AM
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Crossword Cybersecurity PLC
01 March 2021
Crossword CEO Tom Ilube CBE appointed as Chair of RFU
1 March 2021 - London, UK - Crossword Cybersecurity Plc
(AIM:CCS, "Crossword", the "Company" or the "Group"), the
technology commercialisation company focused on cyber security and
risk management, is pleased to announce that its CEO and founder,
Tom Ilube CBE, has been ratified by the RFU Council to become the
next Rugby Football Union (RFU) Chair, from 1(st) August 2021. The
appointment will now be put to final ratification by member clubs
at the RFU's AGM in June.
Tom will be stepping down from his non-executive director role
at the BBC, before starting at the RFU on 1(st) August. His role as
CEO of Crossword, will remain unchanged by the new appointment.
Sir Richard Dearlove KCMG OBE, Chairman of Crossword, commented;
"We are delighted with Tom's appointment as Chair of the RFU. We
look forward to seeing the positive impact his passion and skills
bring to rugby union at such a critical time for the game, when he
takes up the position later this year in August."
Contacts
Crossword Cybersecurity plc - Tel: +44 (0) 20 3953 8460
Email: info@crosswordcybersecurity.com
Tom Ilube, Chief Executive Officer
Mary Dowd, Chief Financial Officer
Grant Thornton (Nominated Adviser) - Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383
5100
Colin Aaronson / Jamie Barklem
Hybridan LLP (Broker) - Tel: +44 (0)203 764 2341
Claire Louise Noyce
For media enquiries contact:
Duncan Gurney, GingerPR
duncan@gingerpr.co.uk - Tel: +44 (0)1932 485 300
About Crossword Cybersecurity plc
Crossword Cybersecurity plc focuses on the development and
commercialisation of university research-based cyber security and
risk management related software and cyber security consulting. The
Group's specialist cyber security product development and software
engineering teams work with its university partners to develop the
research concept into a fully-fledged commercial product that it
will then take to market. The Group's aim is to build up a
portfolio of revenue generating, intellectual property based, cyber
security products. Rizikon Assurance, Crossword's leading product,
is a SaaS platform that enables medium to large companies to assess
and manage all risks from their suppliers. Nixer CyberML,
Crossword's most recently launched product, is a new tool for
businesses that want to solve advanced security and cybercrime
problems, such as detecting and dealing with compromised accounts,
fraud, and in-application denial of service attacks. Crossword's
team of expert cyber security consultants leverages years of
experience in national security, defence and commercial cyber
intelligence and operations to provide bespoke advice tailored to
its clients' business needs.
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