TLA Worldwide PLC Appointment of Group Chief Financial Officer (0690Y)
December 01 2017 - 1:01AM
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TLA Worldwide PLC
01 December 2017
1 December 2017
TLA Worldwide plc
("TLA" or "the Group")
Appointment of Group Chief Financial Officer
TLA Worldwide plc (AIM: TLA), a leading athlete representation
and sports marketing business, is pleased to announce that it has
appointed Mr. Richard Shamsi as Group Chief Financial Officer. Mr.
Shamsi will join the Group's Board and become Group CFO on 2
January 2018.
Mr. Shamsi (aged 49) has held senior finance roles for more than
15 years and has considerable experience in both the media and
agency spaces, particularly working for UK based companies with
extensive US operations. Most recently, he served as Chief
Financial Officer of AKQA, a wholly-owned operating company of WPP
PLC and a leading full service digital agency where he was heavily
involved in improving the operating and financial performance of
the business. Prior to this, Mr. Shamsi was the CFO of Weve
Limited, a market-leading mobile media, data analytics, consultancy
and technology solutions business, which was established as a joint
venture between O2, Vodafone and EE. Mr. Shamsi was instrumental in
improving the financial controls and monitoring process for Weve
and overseeing O2's buyout from Vodafone and EE in 2015.
In addition, Mr. Shamsi spent ten years at the Daily Mail and
General Trust plc from 2004 to 2014, where he was CFO/COO of B2B
Information, Daily Mail Ecommerce, the Digital Property Group, as
well as Group Finance Director at Associated Northcliffe Digital
Group. Mr. Shamsi has also held senior finance positions in a
number of other companies, including EMAP plc, Ionica plc and
Electrocomponents plc.
Bart Campbell, Executive Chairman of TLA Worldwide, said: "We
are delighted to welcome Richard to TLA. His agency expertise and
extensive experience as a CFO of international companies with US
operations make him an ideal fit for the Group. Richard will be
able to ensure the financial disciplines we strive for are adhered
to and will be a valuable addition to the team."
Mr. Shamsi is currently a director of the following
companies:
AKQA Ltd
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AKQA B.V
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AKQA GmbH
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AKQA Srl
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AKQA Holdings
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AKQA Corporation
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AKQA Inc
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Box of Vegetables Ltd
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Potato London Ltd
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Radish Industries Ltd
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Adlab, LLC
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OCTANe LLC
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Tigris Consulting Services (UK)
Limited
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DIS/PLAY A/S
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There is no further information required to be disclosed
pursuant to Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM rules.
Enquiries:
TLA Worldwide plc
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Bart Campbell, Executive
Chairman
Michael Principe, Chief Executive
Officer +1 212 645 2141
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Numis Securities
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Nick Westlake and Oliver +44 20 7260
Hardy (Nomad) 1000
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Christopher Wilkinson (Broker)
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Luther Pendragon
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+44 20 7618
Harry Chathli, Alexis Gore 9100
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