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Kooth PLC
04 March 2021
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Kooth plc
("Kooth" or the "Company" or the "Group")
James Murray appointed Director of Kooth Work
4 March 2021, London, UK - Kooth (AIM:KOO), a leading provider
of digital mental health services, announces that it has appointed
James Murray as its new Director of Kooth Work. James has deep
expertise in mental health, most recently working with Public
Health England and advising on an Office For Students project aimed
at creating a step-change in mental health outcomes. He has also
held senior roles in growing technology businesses such as Splunk,
Autonomy, and Interwoven.
James was the Vice President and General Manager of Splunk EMEA
and led the local business through a period of intense growth,
notably in terms of headcount, geographies and revenues. Before
entering the software industry he was a consultant at Accenture
advising blue chip financial organisations.
James has significant experience within the mental health
sector. He has recently been working with Public Health England to
create a framework for serious incident reporting to cover the
Higher Education Sector with a view to learning from past
incidents, near misses and all sudden deaths at universities. He is
also working as an advisor with Universities UK on an innovative
technology project led by Northumbria University. The project is
examining the use of AI and analytics to provide early alert and
intervention to students in distress and at possible risk of
suicide. The same technology has the potential to be deployed
across the sector to enable students to 'thrive' at university. For
his work in this sector he received an Honorary Fellowship for
Mental Health Strategy from Brunel University in December 2019.
Kooth Work is Kooth's corporate offering and its aim is to
expand the business beyond its traditional markets in the NHS
helping young people to transition into work, as well as supporting
the wider working population. It is aimed specifically at employers
to support the wellbeing of their employees, providing confidential
and anonymous access to a wellbeing community, counselling, content
and self-help tools. Kooth Work provides valuable, anonymous
insights into the wellbeing of the workforce so that employers can
identify specific areas of improvement for their wellbeing
strategy.
Covid-19 has seen the wellbeing of staff become an increasingly
important issue in many work places, and this trend is likely to
continue after the pandemic. According to a study undertaken by the
Chartered Management Institute, 72% of UK managers naming wellbeing
as their top priority for workforces in 2021.(1)
A recent example of Kooth's expansion beyond its core markets is
the partnership signed in January 2021 with Doctor Care Anywhere
("DCA"). The partnership brings together online primary care
services and digital mental health services to provide consumers,
employers and insurers with true holistic care across physical and
mental health. The partnership will allow the development of new,
best-in-class mental health services and support and is indicative
of Kooth's growth strategy as outlined by the Company at its IPO in
September 2020.
Tim Barker, Chief Executive Officer of Kooth said : "We are
delighted to welcome someone with James' calibre to Kooth. He has
significant experience of scaling category-defining technology
businesses, and the manner in which he has faced personal adversity
I find truly inspiring. His developments within mental health are
supporting students around the UK and he has been justifiably
recognised for his work by the likes of Brunel University. I look
forward to working alongside him in expanding Kooth Work's position
from an industry leading technology and service to a wider
audience. As businesses emerge out of lockdown and into the new
world of hybrid working, new models to support employee mental
health and personal development are needed. I'm excited to have
James lead the charge to help businesses respond"
James Murray, Director of Kooth Work, said : "Kooth has built
itself an unparalleled reputation in digital mental health, with
long established relationships with the NHS across the country.
Following its IPO and the fresh capital this brought, there is an
opportunity to leverage this excellence to bring Kooth to a new
audience. I look forward to working with Tim and the dedicated,
multi-disciplinary team at Kooth to make a success of this new
opportunity by bringing much needed support to the widest possible
audience. I believe that the experiences from my career and the
motivation from personal life will help us to make this a
reality."
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Kooth plc
Tim Barker, CEO investorrelations@kooth.com
Sanjay Jawa, CFO
Panmure Gordon, Nominated Adviser
and sole Broker
Corporate Finance:
Dominic Morley, Nicholas Harland,
Sandy Clark
Corporate Broking:
Erik Anderson +44 (0) 20 7886 2500
FTI Consulting
Jamie Ricketts / Alex Shaw / Clementine kooth@fticonsulting.com
Boyer / Usama Ali
Notes to Editors
(1) Management Transformed: Managing in a Marathon Crisis,
Chartered Management Institute,
https://www.managers.org.uk/knowledge-and-insights/research-thought-leadership/management-transformed/
About Kooth
Kooth is one of the UK's leading digital mental health
platforms, set up to provide accessible and safe spaces for
everyone to achieve better mental health. The company's online
platform is clinically robust and accredited to provide a range of
therapeutic support and interventions. All services are predicated
on easy access to make early intervention and prevention a
reality.
Kooth offers three services:
-- Kooth is commissioned in 77% of the NHS's clinical
commissioning group areas across the country. It is a fully
safeguarded and pre-moderated community with a library of peer and
professional created content, alongside access to experienced
online counsellors. There are no thresholds for support and no
waiting lists. Currently, Kooth sees over 3,500 logins a day.
-- Qwell operates across distinct locations and serves specific
cohorts, including parents, teachers, victims of crime and those
who have suffered from or continue to experience domestic violence.
It is also offered as a benefit by a number of corporate
organisations delivering anonymous digital mental health support
services to employees.
-- Kooth Work is a corporate service, aimed specifically at
employers to support the wellbeing of their employees, providing
confidential and anonymous access to a wellbeing community,
counselling, content and self-help tools. Kooth Work provides
valuable, anonymous insights into the wellbeing of the workforce so
that employers can identify specific areas of improvement for their
wellbeing strategy.
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