Vianet Group PLC Board Changes (7627H)
March 15 2018 - 2:01AM
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RNS Number : 7627H
Vianet Group PLC
15 March 2018
Press release 15 March 2018
Vianet Group plc
("Vianet", "Company" or "the Group")
Board Changes
Vianet Group plc (AIM:VNET), the international provider of
actionable data and business insight through devices connected to
its Internet of Things platform ("IOT"), is pleased to announce the
appointment of David ("Dave") Coplin to the Board as Non-Executive
Director with effect from 1 April 2018.
Vianet also announces that Mike McGoun, who joined as
Non-Executive Director in February 2013, will retire from the Board
at the Group's Annual General Meeting on 28 June 2018. We would
like to thank Mike for his contribution and support during a period
of significant change over the past four years, including the
successful re-positioning of the Group.
Dave Coplin is an established technology industry leader who has
worked across a wide range of industries and organisations
providing strategic advice and guidance around the intersection of
a modern society and technology. He will provide Vianet with
strategic insight and guidance across the IOT and big data spectrum
as we look to develop further the delivery of our ground-breaking
insight and actionable data, and services to customers.
Dave's significant experience includes:
-- Over a decade with KPMG in several countries rising to the
role of Director of Technology Architecture and Research
Office;
-- Twelve years with Microsoft including seven years as Chief
Envisioning Officer through to September 2017;
-- Currently a Non-Executive Director at Mitchells and Butlers
plc, where he provides strategic insight and guidance around the
increasing role of technology in the development of brands and
operations; and
-- Director of The Envisioners Ltd which he founded in 2009.
As an industry authority, Dave contributes internationally in
media, to conferences and consultancy on a wide range of topics
including the future of education, privacy and online safety, big
data, IOT, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
James Dickson, Chairman, Vianet Group plc, said: "Whilst we are
sorry to see Mike retire, the Group is delighted to welcome Dave to
the Board of Vianet as a Non-Executive Director. Dave brings a
wealth of experience and insight within the technology space which
will be an invaluable asset to the Group as we execute our growth
strategy in the Internet of Things and big data areas.
It is a credit to the progress, ambition and potential of the
Group and the Vianet team that someone of Dave's standing has
chosen to come on board and we look forward to working with
him."
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Dave Coplin, aged 47, is a director or has been a director of
the following companies during the previous five years:
Current Directorships and Partnerships:
The Envisioners Ltd
Mitchells and Butlers plc
Save for the information disclosed above there is no other
information to be disclosed on Dave Coplin under Schedule 2(g) of
the AIM Rules.
Enquiries:
Vianet Group plc
James Dickson, Chairman Tel: +44 (0) 1642
Stewart Darling, CEO 358 800
Mark Foster, CFO
www.vianetplc.com
Cenkos Securities plc
Stephen Keys / Camilla Hume Tel: +44 (0) 20
7397 8900
www.cenkos.com
Media enquiries:
Yellow Jersey PR
Sarah Hollins Tel: +44 (0)7764
sarah@yellowjerseypr.com 947 137
www.yellowjerseypr.com
About Vianet
Vianet Group is a leading provider of actionable management
information and business insight created through combining data
from our smart Internet of Things ('IOT') solutions and external
information sources.
Since Admission to AIM in 2006, the Group has grown from its
core beer monitoring business both organically and through
strategic acquisitions to widen its offering and also develop new
businesses, especially in vending telemetry and contactless payment
solutions particularly for the premium coffee sector.
Servicing over 300 customers across the world and rendering live
data to our IOT platform from over 250,000 connected machines
daily, Vianet is one of the largest business to business (b2b)
connected solutions providers in Europe with established long term
relationships with blue chip customers and growing recurring
revenues which are over 85% of our total revenues.
In our Smart Machines Division we connect a single data
gathering device with its own on-board communication capability to
a customer's asset or system. The device then sends data back via
our IOT platform to cloud based servers. The technology was
originally developed for automated retailing machines, however the
flexibility and functionality of the device means the technology
can be applied to practically any machine which has the capability
to output data. The device is also used to connect our contactless
payment solution and communicate payment terms to our cloud based
payment services providers where that application is also
required.
The Smart Zones Division is where we connect multiple data
gathering devices into one or more systems or assets with the data
from those devices being communicated back to our IOT platform and
cloud based servers via a single 3G communications hub. The
technology was originally developed for flow monitoring devices,
temperature sensors, and asset management in drinks retailing but
practically any data gathering device with a digital output could
be connected to the communications hub where required such as
gaming machines, utilities management and EPOS.
For further information, please visit www.vianetplc.com
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