– UK, London – Progility plc (AIM: PGY), the project management services group, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael James Higgins, aged 57, as a non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect. He will join both the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Michael Higgins has over 25 years’ experience of advising and working with public companies. His experience includes a range of industries and transaction types from IPOs and fundraisings to acquisitions, disposals and restructurings.
Michael is currently non-executive Chairman of Ebiquity plc, independent marketing performance specialists, senior independent director of Plant Health Care plc, a leading provider of novel patent protected biological products to the global agricultural market, a non-executive director of Arria NLG plc, a software development business and is also Chairman of the Quoted Companies Alliance. Michael also has interests in early stage businesses in the online publishing and medical services industries.
Having obtained his degree in economics and politics from Cambridge University, Michael qualified as an accountant at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). He then gained experience in international banking with Saudi International Bank before joining Charterhouse, the merchant bank, in 1984. He became a Partner at KPMG LLP in 1996, and following his retirement from the partnership in 2006, spent five years as a senior adviser with them.
Michael Higgins commenting on his appointment, said, “Progility is not particularly well known as yet but I am confident that this will change. The executive management team, led by Wayne Bos, has a very strong track record for the organic expansion of businesses and adding to them through acquisition. I believe this will be a very different business in a relatively short time and I look forward to contributing to its future success.
Commenting on the appointment, Wayne Bos, Executive Chairman, said: “We are delighted to welcome Michael to the Progility Board; he brings a wealth of financial and UK quoted public company experience to the team and we believe his experience will prove to be extremely valuable as we continue to grow the Group.”
About Progility
Progility plc is the holding company of a project management services group specialising in people, processes, training and systems integration. The Group has four divisions: Technology Solutions, Training, Consulting and Recruitment.
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