Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Artilium Board changes
Artilium, the AIM listed provider of mobile telecoms software solutions, announces that further to the AGM held yesterday where all resolutions proposed were passed and having put Artilium on a stable footing to achieve break even in 2011, Fred Mulder has stepped down from the board of the Company to continue to pursue his other business interests. Adriaan Reinders has taken the role of Executive Chairman and he will continue to be supported by Maarten Bisseling as non board level Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Mr Mulder has forfeited any entitlement to 356,705 of the 1,356,705 vested shares options held by him which vested on the date of grant (being 24 June 2010) and has agreed to waive any entitlement to the second and third tranches of the options granted to him on 24 June 2010 (and which have not yet vested) over 678,352 Shares and 678,352 Shares (respectively) and that such tranches of the original option grant will lapse with immediate effect.
Artilium is also pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Aldert (Lex) Roukens as a Non Executive Director of the Company. Lex Roukens is a businessman with extensive experience in the mobile telecoms and corporate finance sectors. He is Partner at Alcap B.V. in the Netherlands, a company which invests in TMT (telecoms, media and technology) related companies, with a focus on restructuring and growth. Prior to joining Alcap, Mr Roukens was Chief Financial Officer at Spyker Cars N.V., Group Treasury Director at Zain Group, the mobile telecoms operator with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, and Group Corporate Finance Director of Celtel International, the second largest mobile operator in Africa. Previously, Mr Roukens had worked as CFO of Fronter A.S., in the TMT division at Toronto Dominion Bank, as Regional Director for Asia Pacific and then as a Director in London, and before that in various telecoms-related roles for ING Bank International.
Maarten Bisseling, Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are delighted that Lex has agreed to join Artilium as a Director. He has had an impressive career in the telecoms sector and brings a wealth of experience in corporate finance and related roles, which will help Artilium as it continues to develop and grow. The Board would like to extend our thanks to Fred Mulder for the leadership and guidance he has provided to Artilium over the past two years as the Company has restructured and is now on the path to profitability.”