Change of Role of Director

Personal Group Holdings plc

("Personal Group" or "the Group" or "the Company")

Change of Role of Director

Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH), a leading provider of employee benefits, and employee related insurance products in the UK, is pleased to announce that, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Ken Rooney is stepping down as an Executive Director and will become Non-executive Deputy Chairman with effect from 1 July 2015.

Ken has been part of the Personal Group organisation for 15 years, joining the Company in 1999.  In 2003, he succeeded founder Christopher Johnston to become Chief Executive of the Group, a role he carried out for six years and again for an interim period before the appointment of Mark Scanlon.  During this time, Personal Group posted increases in both profit and turnover year on year, building on the foundations established by its founder.  When Ken started, employee benefits were a small element of the Company's business, now they are an integral part of the Personal Group offering.  Under his leadership, he oversaw the initial growth of the Group.  His dedication to the Group is illustrated by his decision to take up this new post of Non-Executive Director and continue as Deputy Chairman.

Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive of Personal Group, said: "We are delighted to have Ken continue his association with Personal Group, where he has worked loyally and tirelessly for nearly two decades.  I will always be very grateful to Ken for the selfless support he gave me in the course of what was an orderly handover. We look forward to Ken's continued involvement with Personal Group.  His skills and experience will be of great benefit to other members of the Executive and Non-Executive Board."

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With over 30 years' experience of looking after its customers' employees, Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a leading provider of employee benefits and employee related insurance products, offering benefits programmes to over 2 million employees across the UK.

Personal Group's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offering compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  The Group tailors its packages to include insurance products such as hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection plans, as well as lifestyle benefits such as holiday and retail discounts, health and wellbeing benefits and a range of tax efficient benefits.

Personal Group can also supply home technology via salary sacrifice through its subsidiary Lets Connect.  Offering the latest iPads and other tablets, home computers and laptops, smart phones and smart TVs is a highly engaging benefit which has employee and employer benefits too. In April 2015 the Group established its own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) called Personal Group Mobile Ltd. This was achieved through the acquisition of the assets of shebang Technologies Ltd and in addition to handsets can provide airtime via salary sacrifice which offers an overall 10-47% reduction on mobile phone costs to its client's employees.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including transport, where it works with the likes of Network Rail, Stagecoach and EYMS Group Ltd, healthcare, where clients include Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group and Spire Healthcare. The Group also covers logistics, with companies such as TNT Express and Bibby, and motoring with Manheim and JCT600 as clients. In addition the Group also has a strong presence in food manufacturing and service and clients include 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.

With over 450 clients the Group has grown considerably and provides engaging and effective benefits packages across a breadth of sectors.  

For further information, go to www.personal-group.com