– UK, Coventry – FireAngel Safety Technology Group plc (LON: FA), a leading developer and supplier of home safety products, today announced the appointment of Graham Bird as Senior Independent Director with immediate effect.
“I’m pleased to welcome Graham to the board of FireAngel and look forward to working together with him again and benefitting from his experience,” said Board Chair, Andrew Blazye.
The Company also announced that Jon Kempster has resigned from the Board with effect from 30 September 2023.
About Graham Bird
Graham Bird is currently the CFO of XP Factory plc, one of the UK’s pre-eminent experiential leisure businesses, which is quoted on AIM. In 2021, Graham Bird was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Universe Group plc, an AIM-quoted provider of transaction products and services to the retail industry where he served until the company was sold in 2022.
Graham Bird was one of the founding employees of Gresham House plc where, alongside Tony Dalwood, he was responsible for establishing and managing a successful strategic equity business unit which focuses on both quoted and unquoted equity investments using the principles and practices of private equity. He was subsequently appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Rockwood Strategic plc in June 2021 as a representative of Gresham House, a substantial shareholder, and remained a director until September 2022.
Prior to joining Gresham House, Graham Bird spent six years as a senior executive at PayPoint Plc, latterly as director of strategic planning and corporate development. He was also executive chairman and president of PayByPhone, a multi-national mobile payments technology division of PayPoint operating in Canada, the UK and France between 2010 and 2014.
Between 2005 and 2009, he was head of strategic investment and all corporate finance activity at SVG Investment Managers, the public equities team within SVG Capital plc. He joined SVG from JPMorgan Cazenove, where he was a director in the corporate finance department, including 3.5 years establishing, building and leading Cazenove’s corporate finance business in South Africa.
He was a non-executive director of Journey Group plc from 2007 until 2016, including periods as chairman of the audit and nomination committees, and acting chairman when Journey Group was subject to a successful takeover bid by private equity. Graham, who is a chartered accountant, began his career in audit and corporate finance at Deloitte and holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
About FireAngel Safety Technology Group plc
FireAngel’s mission is to protect and save lives by making innovative home safety products which are simple and accessible. FireAngel is one of the market leaders in the European home safety products market.
FireAngel’s principal products are connected smoke alarms, CO alarms, heat alarms and accessories. The Company has an extensive portfolio of patented intellectual property in Europe, the US and other selected territories. Products are sold under FireAngel’s leading brands of FireAngel, FireAngel Pro, FireAngel Specification and AngelEye.
SOURCE: https://www.fireangeltech.com/
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