RNS
AIM: FIPP
12
April 2024
Frontier IP Group plc
("Frontier IP" or
the "Group")
Appointment of Chief Financial
Officer
Frontier IP, a specialist in commercialising
intellectual property, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jo
Stent as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 22 April 2024. Jo
is a chartered accountant, having qualified at Ernst & Young,
and brings nearly 30 years' experience in senior financial roles
across a broad range of sectors and geographies.
Jo was most recently CFO at AIM quoted Argentex
Group Plc, provider of bespoke currency risk management and payment
solutions, from February 2021 to January 2024. She was previously
Chief Financial Officer of the European Tour and Ryder Cup Europe.
She is also a former CFO of Vodafone Americas and previously held
senior positions at Telus Communications and Deloitte.
Jo has spent most of her career in blue chip
global organisations. More recently her keen interest in
technology, innovation and scale up has led her to focus on working
alongside founder led growth organisations as both an executive and
non-executive director in the listed and private sector.
With effect from 22 April 2024, Jim Fish,
current Chief Financial Officer of the Group, will move to a new
position within the Group as Portfolio Finance Director where he
will continue to support the Group's portfolio
companies.
Neil Crabb,
Chief Executive of Frontier IP, said:
"I am delighted to welcome Jo to
our Board of Directors and to the wider Group. Jo brings
significant expertise and experience and will be a key member of
the team contributing to the next stage of our growth. It is a
testament to the strength of our business model and the potential
of our portfolio that we have been able to attract someone of Jo's
calibre as Chief Financial Officer."
Jo Stent,
Chief Financial Officer, said: "I am very pleased to be joining Frontier IP
Group at such an exciting stage of its development. I am looking
forward to working with the Frontier team as we help our portfolio
companies scale up to be highly successful businesses in their own
right."
Further
regulatory disclosures
The following additional information is
provided in accordance with Rule 17 and Schedule Two Paragraph (g)
of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Joanne ("Jo") Thomson Stent (formerly Fletcher,
aged 50) is, or has been, a director or partner of the following
companies or partnerships during the previous five
years:
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Current
Directorships or Partnerships
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Previous
Directorships or Partnerships
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None
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Argentex Group Plc
Argentex BV
Argentex Technologies Limited
Argentex Foreign Exchange Limited
PGA European Tour Productions
Limited
National Coaching Foundation (The)
Argentex LLP
Argentex Capital Limited
UK Coaching Solutions Limited
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ENQUIRIES
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Frontier IP Group Plc
Neil Crabb, Chief
Executive
Andrew Johnson, Communications &
Investor Relations
Company website: www.frontierip.co.uk
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T: 020
3968 7815 neil@frontierip.co.uk
M: 07464
546 025
andrew.johnson@frontierip.co.uk
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Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated
Adviser)
Nick Athanas / George
Payne
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T: 0203
328 5656
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Singer Capital Markets
(Broker)
Harry Gooden / James
Fischer
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T: 0207
496 3000
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ABOUT FRONTIER IP
Frontier IP unites science and
commerce by identifying strong intellectual property and
accelerating its development through a range of commercialisation
services. A critical part of the Group's work is involving relevant
industry partners at an early stage of development to ensure
technology meets real world demands and needs.
The Group looks to build and grow a
portfolio of equity stakes and licence income by taking an active
involvement in spin-out companies, including support for fund
raising and collaboration with relevant industry partners at an
early stage of development.
