PayPoint appoints Warren Tucker to Board as Non-Executive Director and Chairman designate

-UK – PayPoint plc is pleased to announce that Warren Tucker will succeed David Newlands as Chairman of the company, effective from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting in July 2014.  Warren joins the company as a non-executive Director and Chairman-designate on 5 February 2014.

Warren Tucker was most recently an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Cobham plc, the international aerospace and defence company.  He is a non-executive Director and member of the Audit Committee at Reckitt Benckiser Group plc and a non-executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee at Thomas Cook Group plc.

David Newlands, Chairman of PayPoint plc, said: “I have watched PayPoint develop and grow from its early beginnings. After 16 years as Chairman I am retiring, confident that the business is in great shape and set to continue to grow in the future.”

Dominic Taylor, Chief Executive, said: “David has made a fantastic contribution to PayPoint and has been instrumental to our success.  We will all miss him and thank him for all that he has contributed during his time  as Chairman.  We are delighted to have secured an excellent replacement in Warren and look forward to working closely with him in the future.”

Warren Tucker added: “I am honoured and delighted to be joining PayPoint at an exciting time in its development and look forward to working with Dominic and all our talented colleagues in the future.”

ABOUT PAYPOINT

PayPoint is a leading international service provider of convenient payments and value added services to major consumer service organisations in the utility, telecoms, media, financial services, transport, retail, gaming and public sectors.  We handle over £14 billion from 760 million transactions annually for more than 6,000 clients and merchants.  We deliver payments and services through a unique combination of local shops, internet and mobile distribution channels.

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