– UK, London – Ocean Outdoor Limited (LON: OOUT), a leading operator of premium Digital Out-of-Home advertising, today announced that current Co-Chairman of the Board, Aryeh Bourkoff will become the sole Chairman, effective 31 December 2020, following the announcement that Tom Goddard, will be stepping down from the Board, effective 31 December 2020.
Mr Goddard will remain a special advisor to the Company and its leadership team, allowing Ocean to still benefit from his extensive expertise going forward.
Commenting, Mr Bourkoff said: “On behalf of the Board, I want to thank Tom for his many contributions to and leadership of Ocean. Tom has been instrumental in building Ocean and its unique vision to be a pure-play digital company in out-of-home advertising.
“As Chairman of Ocean and one of its largest shareholders, I am confident that our unique set of digital and premium assets and strong balance sheet, position us well for the future. I commend our management team for the quick and decisive actions they have taken over the past few months to navigate these challenging times.”
Ocean’s CEO Tim Bleakley said: “Tom has provided us with tremendous stewardship throughout this part of our epic voyage, challenging us, cheering us on, mentoring us and consistently maintaining the right equilibrium and balance across all the stakeholder groups. We are pleased to retain his ongoing input as we re-build. With the continued support of the Board chaired by Aryeh, we will remain highly energized and restless until we have fully bounced back from the pandemic.”
Tom Goddard commented: “I always trust my instincts and after a wonderfully enjoyable decade in the Chair of this unique and special company, I felt now is the right time for me to pass the baton on to Aryeh, who is an outstanding and talented businessman and friend, under whom I have no doubt Ocean will continue to grow and prosper enormously”.
About Ocean Outdoor
Ocean Outdoor operates some of the most prestigious digital out-of-home locations in the UK, Northern and Continental Europe. The Group portfolio includes 4,000 screens in seven countries and 270 cities.
In the UK, Ocean operates the most iconic DOOH locations including the BFI IMAX; the Landsec Piccadilly Lights; and has a significant presence in the top 13 UK cities. Ocean’s high-profile landlords and partners include Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Southampton City Councils, Landsec, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, the BFI and Intu. A continued focus on Ocean’s Digital Cities for Digital Citizens philosophy has significantly augmented the Group’s position as an operator of high-quality DOOH assets. Ocean continues to deliver good organic development through new City tender wins, the rollout of new locations in Scotland, London, the West Midlands and Manchester and significant screen investment.
Strategic acquisitions that complement the existing DOOH portfolio remain a strategic pillar of the growth programme. This continued with three Dutch acquisitions in spring 2019, giving the company a significant share of the Netherlands market where it has become a major DOOH player. These subsidiaries have since been rebranded as Ocean Outdoor Netherlands.
In September 2019, Ocean acquired the assets of Visual Art, a Sweden based independent, pure-play DOOH media and tech group which operates in three Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark) and key cities in Germany. This transaction expands Ocean’s portfolio across 23 Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield shopping malls in Europe, in addition to holding the exclusive external rights to two of the largest premium urban shopping malls in Europe: Westfield London and Westfield Stratford in the UK.
In February 2020, Ocean closed the acquisition of AdCityMedia, a Sweden-based premium out-of-home and digital screen tech operator focused on large format digital and high-end city-centre locations across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The combined entities of Visual Art and AdCityMedia referred to as Ocean Outdoor Nordics, creates the leading DOOH operator in the region.
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