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RNS Number : 1756H

WANdisco Plc

26 July 2023

26 July 2023

WANdisco plc

("WANdisco" or the "Company")

Board Changes

WANdisco (LSE: WAND), the data activation platform, announces a number of changes to the Board effective 25 July 2023 as follows:

-- Stephen Kelly will join the Board as Chief Executive Officer having served as Interim Chief Executive Officer since 10 May 2023.

-- Ijoma Maluza will join the Board as Chief Financial Officer having served as Interim Chief Financial Officer since 11 April 2023.

-- Xenia Walters will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee.

-- Chris Baker will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

-- Karl Monaghan, Non-Executive Director and current Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee will step down from the Board ahead of the next Annual General Meeting in August.

-- Yeturu Aahlad, Chief Scientist, will step down from the Board and will remain a member of the Executive Team.

Peter Lees will remain as Senior Independent Director and continue to be Chair of the Nomination Committee. Ken Lever remains as Non-Executive Interim Chairman. As previously announced, now that the refinancing has been completed and the share suspension has been lifted, a process will commence to identify a permanent Non-Executive Chair of the Board. Ken Lever will engage in that process.

Xenia Walters is a senior finance leader with an excellent track record of delivering operational and profit improvements within fast paced environments - both on the public markets and within private equity backed global operations. Xenia began her career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers (1991 to 1997) and during her career worked in various finance roles at Allied Colloids plc, Ciba Speciality Chemicals and Huntsman Chemicals. Xenia was with Regus plc from 2003 to 2011, initially as Group Financial Controller then as UK CFO. She was Group Finance Director of INTO University Partnerships and then Interim CFO of Oxford International Education Group until 2015, ultimately leading to her assuming the role of Group Chief Financial Officer of SDL plc and then Group CFO of Snowfox Group.

Chris Baker is an experienced leader in the international technology industry and currently a partner of CBCS Associates, a software advisory business. From 1983 to 1997 Chris was with Digital Equipment Company, rising to serve as UK Sales Director for Outsourcing. During the period 1997 to 2014, Chris held several senior roles within Oracle, rising to Senior Vice President and Worldwide Head of ISV/OEM/Java Sales. Chris was then Executive Director of Xchanging plc from 2014 to 2016, leading the Xuber Insurance Software business, and from 2016 to 2021 Chris was CEO of Capita Software.

Ken Lever, Interim Non-Executive Chairman, commented:

"Following the successful refinancing of WANdisco and the lifting of the share suspension, we are now able to formally shape the Board to support growth and value creation for shareholders. I am delighted that Chris and Xenia have agreed to join us at this very important juncture in the re-establishment of the Company as a leading business in the data-integration software market. I am very appreciative of the significant commitment shown by Karl and Aahlad to the Board's activities, especially during the very challenging times for the Company."

For further information, please contact:

 
 
 
                                                      +44 (0)20 3727 
   FTI Consulting                                     1137 
 Rob Mindell / Kwaku Aning / Tom Blundell 
  / Matt Dixon 
 
 
                                                      +44 (0)20 7710 
   Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker)                    7600 
 Fred Walsh / Richard Short / Tom 
  Marsh 
 
   Liberum (Joint Broker) 
                                                      +44 (0)20 3100 
   Max Jones / Ben Cryer / Miquela Bezuidenhoudt      2000 
 

About WANdisco

WANdisco is the data activation platform for accelerating digital transformation at scale. WANdisco makes infinite data actionable across clouds and enterprises in real time. WANdisco customers unleash the business value of the cloud with zero downtime, data loss, or disruption to fuel AI and machine learning, create new

services, and transform businesses. For more information about WANdisco, visit   www.wandisco.com 

Regulatory disclosures

Stephen Paul Caulfield Kelly

The following information is provided pursuant to Rule 17 and with Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Stephen Kelly (age 61):

 
      Current Directorships           Previous Directorships 
 
 Optimise (The Algorithm People)    Tech Nation Group Limited 
             Limited                  Tech City Group Limited 
         Locums Nest Ltd            Kimble Applications Limited 
                                        The Sage Group Plc 
                                  ----------------------------- 
 

As of the date of this announcement, Stephen Kelly holds a beneficial interest in 934,080 ordinary shares of the Company. Save as disclosed above there are no additional disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of Stephen Kelly.

Ijoma Patrick Tilowakuti Maluza

The following information is provided pursuant to Rule 17 and with Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Ijoma Maluza (age 44):

 
 Current Directorships    Previous Directorships 
 
           -                Blue Prism Limited 
                          Blue Prism Cloud Limited 
                          Blue Prism Group Limited 
                        -------------------------- 
 

As of the date of this announcement, Ijoma Maluza holds a beneficial interest in 3,000 ordinary shares of the Company. Save as disclosed above there are no additional disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of Ijoma Maluza.

Xenia Walters (maiden name Constantinou)

The following information is provided pursuant to Rule 17 and with Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Xenia Walters (age 53):

 
 Current Directorships   Previous Directorships 
 
           -                Snowfox Group Plc 
                              YO! Sushi Ltd 
                          Asian Counters UK Ltd 
                           Sushi UK Holdco Ltd 
                             YO! Sushi UK Ltd 
                            Snowfox BidCo Ltd 
                            Snowfox MidCo Ltd 
                           Snowfox MidCo 2 Ltd 
                             Taiko Foods Ltd 
                          YO! Sushi Americas Ltd 
                                 SDL Plc 
                                 SDL Ltd 
                        ------------------------ 
 

As of the date of this announcement, Xenia Walters does not hold any beneficial interest in the ordinary shares of the Company. Save as disclosed above there are no additional disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of Xenia Walters.

Christopher Francis Henry Baker

The following information is provided pursuant to Rule 17 and with Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in relation to Chris Baker (age 67):

 
   Current Directorships            Previous Directorships 
 
        Benric Ltd               Capita Business Services Ltd 
  Curo Charlotte House LLP      Clinical Solutions Holdings Ltd 
                               Clinical Solutions International 
                                              Ltd 
                                Clinical Solutions Finance Ltd 
                               Capita Justice & Secure Services 
                                         Holdings Ltd 
                                        Metacharge Ltd 
                              Capita Secure Information Solutions 
                                              Ltd 
                                          Pay360 Ltd 
                                   Clinical Solutions IP Ltd 
                                      Marrakech (UK) Ltd 
                                         AMT-Sybex Ltd 
                                Clinical Solutions Acquisition 
                                              Ltd 
                                   Retain International Ltd 
                                 Brentside Communications Ltd 
                                Retain International (Holdings) 
                                              Ltd 
                                 Education Software Solutions 
                                      The G2G3 Group Ltd 
                                  Pageone Communications Ltd 
                                    Eclipse (Hardware) Ltd 
                                      Tempus Finance Ltd 
                                  Micro Librarian Systems Ltd 
                                     Complete Imaging Ltd 
                              Capita Mortgage Software Solutions 
                                              Ltd 
                                         Barrachd Ltd 
                                         Westpoint Ltd 
                                        Smartpoint Ltd 
                                        Hallco 1626 Ltd 
                                 ITR International Translation 
                                         Resources Ltd 
                                       G2G3 Digital Ltd 
                                      Data Equipment Ltd 
                                Barrachd Intelligence Solutions 
                                              Ltd 
                                     Security Watchdog Ltd 
                                   Amity Communications Ltd 
                                     Data Mail Systems Ltd 
                                   Aspire Business Solutions 
                                        Sigma Seven Ltd 
                                    AMT-Sybex Holdings Ltd 
                                Capita Secure Mobile Solutions 
                                              Ltd 
                               Complete Imaging Trustee Company 
                                              Ltd 
                                      G2G3 Propulsion Ltd 
                            ------------------------------------- 
 

As of the date of this announcement, Chris Baker does not hold any beneficial interest in the ordinary shares of the Company. Save as disclosed above there are no additional disclosures to be made in accordance with Rule 17 or Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies in respect of Chris Baker.

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