Good Energy Group PLC Appointment of new CEO (5893U)
April 07 2021 - 1:00AM
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Good Energy Group PLC
07 April 2021
Good Energy Group PLC
("Good Energy" or "the Company")
Appointment of new CEO
Good Energy Group PLC (AIM: GOOD), the 100% renewable
electricity supplier and innovative energy services provider, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Nigel Pocklington as Chief
Executive Officer ("CEO"). Nigel will succeed Juliet Davenport, who
announced in February 2021 that she wished to step down once a
suitable successor had been identified. Nigel is expected to join
the Good Energy Board and take up the CEO post on 1 May 2021.
Nigel is a widely experienced senior executive with a strong
commercial, digital, and operational track record spanning over 25
years. Nigel has strong, relevant, and current commercial
experience at a senior management level in a variety of global
digital businesses, ranging from global e-commerce to financial
technology.
Nigel most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer of
Moneysupermarket.com Group plc. Prior to this, he held a variety of
senior roles within Expedia Inc., including President of eBookers
and Chief Marketing Officer of Hotels.com. He spent a decade of his
early career at Pearson plc, including a period leading the digital
operations of the Financial Times. Nigel is also a Non-Executive
Director for Kin and Carta plc, a global digital transformation
business focused on helping make the journey to becoming a digital
business tangible, sustainable and profitable, where he chairs the
Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Nomination
Committees.
As announced on 4 February 2021, Juliet Davenport will remain on
the Group Board, stepping down as CEO and taking up the role of
Non-Executive Director of Good Energy, while remaining Chair of
subsidiary Zap-Map. Juliet will continue in her role as Chief
Executive Officer until Nigel's appointment on 1 May 2021.
Will Whitehorn, Chair, Good Energy Group plc said:
"We are delighted to welcome Nigel to the Group as our new Chief
Executive Officer. Following an extensive search and a thorough
evaluation of high-quality candidates, we are confident that
Nigel's digital and transformation experience will help to lead
Good Energy in the next stage of the Group's development. This
experience will help to accelerate innovation and drive growth
across all of our businesses specifically in the new markets of
energy and mobility as a service, in which we are already
positioned strongly."
Nigel Pocklington, said:
"Good Energy is a strong business at the forefront of the
transition in the energy market and the UK's push to net zero. I
look forward to leading the business on the next stage of this
exciting journey."
Juliet Davenport, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Good
Energy, said:
"Nigel is joining Good Energy at an exciting stage of its
development and I am looking forward to working with him in my role
as a Non-Executive Director in the future."
The following additional information is provided in accordance
with Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
Nigel David Pocklington, aged 49, has no shareholding in Good
Energy. His current and previous directorships or partnerships
within the last 5 years are detailed below:
Current directorships and partnerships:
Kin and Carta plc
Past directorships and partnerships held within the last 5
years:
Totallymoney Holdings I Limited
eBookers Limited
eBookers.com Sàrl
eBookers.ie Limited
eBookers.nl B.V
eBookers.com Deutschland GMBH
Insurancebookers Ltd
Cheap Tickets Ltd
Flightbookers Ltd
Orbitz Worldwide (UK) Ltd
CYTI (Holdings) Ltd
MSMG Dormant NO. 1 LIMITED
Enquiries:
Good Energy Group PLC Email: press@goodenergy.co.uk
Juliet Davenport, Chief Executive Email: press@zap-map.com
Charles Parry, Investor Relations Phone: +44 (0) 7718
Luke Bigwood, Communications 671003
Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser Tel: +44 (0) 20 7597
and Joint Broker) 5970
Jeremy Ellis
Sara Hale
Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523
Henry Fitzgerald - O'Connor 4617
Georgina McCooke
Notes to editors:
About Good Energy www.goodenergy.co.uk
Good Energy is a generator and supplier of 100% renewable power
and an innovator in energy services. It currently owns two wind
farms, six solar farms and sources electricity from a community of
1,600 independent UK generators.
Since it was founded 20 years ago, the company has been at the
forefront of the charge towards a cleaner, distributed energy
system. Its mission is to support UK households and businesses
generate, store and share clean power.
Good Energy is recognised as a leader in this market, through
our green kite accreditation with the London Stock Exchange and as
a top rated Green energy supplier by Which?.
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