Centaur Media plc

Incorporated in England and Wales

Registration number: 04948078

LEI: 2138005WK87G7DQRQI62

ISIN: GB0034291418

16 May 2022

Centaur Media Plc

("Centaur" or "the Company")

Non-Executive Director Appointment

Centaur Media Plc, an international provider of business information, training and specialist consultancy, announces the appointment of Richard Staveley as a non-independent non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect. 

Richard is a qualified accountant with over twenty years' experience of equity investing and fund management, primarily in publicly quoted companies. He is the lead fund manager at Rockwood Strategic Plc, which holds 5.9% of Centaur, and an advisor to Harwood Capital LLP, which holds 23.8%.

Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Richard has worked in a senior capacity and as fund manager at a number of successful fund management businesses, including Majedie Asset Management, and was a co-founder of River and Mercantile Asset Management.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics from the University of Newcastle.

Current Directorships

Bonhill Group plc

Wildblood Limited

Past Directorships (within the last five years)

None

There is no additional information which is required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph LR9.6.13R of the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority.

Colin Jones, Chair, commented:

"On behalf of the Board of Centaur Media, I am very pleased that we are welcoming such an able and well-qualified non-executive director in Richard and the Board looks forward to working with him."

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Centaur is an international provider of business information, training and specialist consultancy that inspires and enables people to excel at what they do, raising the standard for insight, interaction and impact.