Unbound Group PLC Directorate Change (3373Y)
06 Septiembre 2022 - 1:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Unbound Group PLC
06 September 2022
06 September 2022
Unbound Group plc
("Unbound Group" or the "Company")
Directorate Change
Unbound Group plc (AIM: UBG) announces that Dan Lampard, Chief
Financial Officer (CFO), intends to step down from the role and the
Board effective from 1 October 2022, to take up the position of CFO
with another business. The Board would like thank Dan for his
contribution during his time with the Company.
Gavin Manson, currently a Non-Executive Director of the Company,
will take over as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1
October 2022. Gavin is a highly experienced listed company CFO, who
has led digital and business transformation in the consumer sector
in the UK and internationally for over 30 years.
He has been a director of Hotter Shoes, Unbound Group's main
trading business, since 2017 and was instrumental in developing the
Company's growth strategy. Gavin will step down as Chair of the
Audit and Risk Committee also with effect from 1 October 2022 and a
search for a replacement has commenced. Kate Rock will be appointed
as interim Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee from 1(st)
October.
Together with Chief Executive Officer Ian Watson, Dan will
present the Company's interim results for the six months ended 31
July 2022 which will be announced on Tuesday 20 September 2022.
Neil Johnson, Chairman of Unbound Group plc, commented:
"The Board thanks Dan for his contribution to the Group through
the AIM listing process and beyond, and we wish him well in his new
role. We are delighted that Gavin has agreed to reassume an
executive role as Chief Financial Officer. With his extensive and
highly relevant public markets experience, and his deep knowledge
of the business, he is ideally placed to support our Chief
Executive Officer Ian Watson in delivering Unbound Group's
strategy."
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Enquiries
Unbound Group plc
Neil Johnson, Chairman
Ian Watson, Chief Executive Officer
020 3874 8300
Vico Partners
Sofia Newitt
snewitt@vicopartners.com
020 3957 5045
Singer Capital Markets
Peter Steel, Tom Salvesen, Alaina Wong, Kailey Aliyar
0207 496 3000
Notes to Editors
Unbound Group plc
Unbound Group plc is the parent company for a group selling a
range of brands focused on the 55+ demographic. Unbound Group will
build on the solid foundation of Hotter Shoes, its current main
business, to grow value through its curated, multi-brand retail
platform supporting the active lifestyles of the 55+ demographic
with a range of products and services. Unbound Group's platform
will be powered by Mirakl's leading marketplace technology to
enable the Group to partner seamlessly with selected third-party
brands. Unbound Group's expanded offering beyond footwear will
feature a broad range of active lifestyle products and services,
with third-party complementary brands featuring alongside new
Unbound Group brands, as well as Hotter.
Hotter Shoes
Hotter Shoes, an Unbound Group plc company, is one of the UK's
leading specialist footwear brands, selling over 1.4 million pairs
of shoes per year. Hotter's footwear has an uncompromising focus on
'customised comfort' and perfect fit through the use of its
differentiating technology, including its e-commerce platform, 3D
foot scanner and augmented reality app which enables the consumer
to try products virtually from home. Hotter has been transformed
from a retail to a digitally led, omni-channel business over the
past 3 years, selling its footwear to over 4 million customers via
online, its direct mail order channel and its targeted 17
Technology Centres and 8 garden centre concessions in the UK. With
its clearly defined, large and growing target demographic, Hotter
now reaches 29% of the female population in the UK over the age of
55. Digital partnerships have recently been established with
several online retailers including Next, John Lewis, The Very Group
and M&S.
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