News
Appointment of Non Executive Director
02 February 2006
Ekay PLC (“Ekay” or the “Company”) the full service advertising agency specialising in the SME market, announces the appointment of Julian Paul FCA as Non Executive Director.
Mr Paul brings strong financial and business credentials to the Company. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1970 he spent 20 years in merchant banking latterly as managing Director of Guinness Mahon & Co Limited.
In 1991, he moved into the media and entertainment sector, initially as Deputy Chairman of Castle Communications plc, the record and video company. Castle was sold to Alliance Entertainment Corporation in 1994, and after expiry of the lock-in contracts, he co-founded Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited with two other former Castle colleagues. Eagle Rock is now the largest independent global distributor of music visual programming for DVD and TV. Whilst remaining Deputy Chairman of Eagle Rock, he is currently also non-executive Chairman of Cellcast plc, the AIM-quoted interactive broadcaster, and a non-executive director of Entertainment Rights plc (main list quoted exploiter of children’s animated programming), AIM-quoted Pilat Media Global plc and Stagecoach Theatre Arts plc, as well as Edge Performance VCT plc.
Eddie Powell, Chief Executive, commented:
“Julian brings high level experience to the board in areas of finance, corporate governance and business management. In addition to these qualities, he has wide ranging connections across industry which will serve us well in developing our customer base and wider corporate objectives. We welcome him to the board.”
Current Directorships:
Cellcast plc, Pilat Media Global plc, stagecoach Theatre Arts plc, Eagle Rock Entertainment Limited, Entertainment Rights plc, Edge Performance VCT plc.
Past Directorships within the past five years:
Argonaut Games plc
Julian Braithwaite Paul FCA, aged 61, has no further disclosures under Schedule Two rule (g) of the AIM rules for companies.
Enquiries:
Eddie Powell, Chief Executive, 01474 334343