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June 2004
royalblue announces appointment of Ron Mackintosh
as a Non-executive Director
royalblue group plc
(“royalblue”), the
company behind Fidessa: the world’s
leading trading software solution for the global
equity markets, is pleased to announce that it
has appointed Ron Mackintosh as a non-executive
director. Mr Mackintosh will be a member of both
the Remuneration Committee and the Audit Committee.
Mr Mackintosh was formerly President and Chief
Executive of Computer Sciences Corporation Europe
(“CSC”), the European arm of one of
the world’s largest IT services companies.
During his period at CSC, revenues grew from $180
million to $2.5 billion and the business was turned
around from being loss making to generating profits
of over $200 million. He was responsible for the
operations throughout Europe with 16,000 employees.
More recently Mr Mackintosh has been a director
at Gemplus SA, one of the largest smart card manufacturers,
being responsible for a major restructuring and
cost reduction programme. Mr Mackintosh is also
Chairman of Differentis, a management consulting
and IT services company focused on business transformation.
In welcoming Mr Mackintosh to the Board, royalblue’s
chairman, John Hamer said: “Ron Mackintosh
brings 30 years of technology directorship experience
to royalblue. His track record
of successfully growing and managing software
and services businesses will be a great asset
to royalblue as it continues
to expand.”
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