News
Board Appointment
16 December 2008
WFCA plc (AIM: WFCA.L), a leading regional advertising and marketing agency, is pleased to announce the appointment of William Jones ("Bill") to the Board as Media Director, with immediate effect.
Bill (aged 56) has worked within the agency side of the communications industry for over thirty years and joined WFCA Integrated Limited in 2004. Earlier in his career, Bill was employed within the marketing and advertising division of Unilever, was media director of three top ten agencies and was a co-founder of MediaCom where he later rose to become Managing Director and Deputy Chairman.
Michael Richards, Chief Executive Officer, commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Bill to the Board of Directors as he brings a wealth of business experience in the agency sector and has been pivotal in developing the media division of WFCA. His expertise within the industry will prove invaluable as we continue to grow the business".
Bill has held no director appointments within the disclosure period.
There is no further information required pursuant to paragraph (g), Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.
Further enquiries:
WFCA plc
Stephen Latter, Financial Director
Tel: 01892 511 085
Daniel Stewart & Company plc
Simon Leathers/Tessa Smith
Tel: 020 7776 6550
Notes to Editor:
The Company was established in 1994 to create a full service advertising agency specialising in direct response advertising. The business grew rapidly and was listed on AIM in January 2006.
Significant growth was gained in April 2008 with the acquisition of WFCA Integrated Limited a Tunbridge Wells based full service agency originally founded in 1996. With the Company's aim of building the business and accelerating growth this resulted in the achievement of gaining 30th place in the UK agency rankings published by Neilsen in February 2008, together with other significant achievements within the industry.
The Company has a broad client list featuring household names and is able to provide a full advertising and marketing service.