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RNS Number : 7386Y  itim Group PLC  18 January 2022

18 January 2022

 

itim Group plc

 

("itim" or "the Company" and together with its subsidiaries "the Group")

 

itim Group plc launches new retail advisory committee

 

 

itim Group plc, a SaaS based technology company that
enables store-based retailers to optimise their businesses to improve
financial performance, is pleased to announce that the Company has created a
new retail advisory committee. The initial members of the new retail advisory
committee are:

 

 •          Justin King (Non-Executive Director of the Company) is also a Non-Executive

          Director of Marks & Spencer plc and serves on the Public Interest Body for
            PwC. He was Vice Chairman of Terra Firma until May 2021, where he acted as an

          adviser to the General Partner. Prior to this, Justin was the CEO of
            Sainsbury's between 2004 and 2014, where he led the business through a major

          turnaround which led to nine years of profit growth.

          Lee Williams (Non-Executive Director of the Company) was also CFO at French
            Connection joining in April 2016 from ASOS, the global online fashion

          destination, where he was Director of Finance. Prior to that, he was CFO of
 ·          the WorldStores and Kiddicare businesses and Head of Financial Planning and

          Analysis at BrightHouse Group Plc. He spent the majority of the earlier part
            of his career at Wm. Morrison Supermarkets Plc and Kingfisher Plc in various

          senior finance roles.

          Beth Butterwick the current CEO at Jigsaw. Beth is a customer-centric leader
            with a track record for a 'digital first' modernisation programmes, whose

          passion for all things retail has led to an outstanding career in the fashion
            industry.

 ·

 •          Chris Brook-Carter is the CEO at the Retail Trust (one of the industry's
            largest and most influential charities). Prior to joining the Retail Trust as
            CEO, Chris was the MD and Senior VP of Retail Week and the World Retail
            Congress. Chris has been a passionate supporter, advocate and champion of UK
            retail across his entire career.

 •          Simon Forster former CEO at Selfridges. During his time at Selfridges, the
            store was voted World's Best Department store four times (IGDS). Currently,
            Simon holds several Advisor and Non-Executive roles working across the global
            retail industry.

 

Ali Athar, CEO of itim Group plc, said:

 

"Joining together what we believe are some of the most successful leaders in
retail, including the Company's directors Justin King and Lee Williams, we
welcome a number of high-profile new advisors to our team. This committee will
help guide the development and direction of the Company moving forward. I
believe the quality of this advisory committee is testament to the strength of
our offering and their expertise and experience will ensure the Group
continues to offer the very best service to clients and accelerate the growth
of the business."

 

 

Enquiries:

 

 Itim Group plc                   Ali Athar, CEO      0207 598 7700

                                  Ian Hayes CFO

 WH Ireland (NOMAD & Broker)      Katy Mitchell       0207 220 1666

                                  Harry Ansell

                                  Darshan Patel

 IFC Advisory                     Graham Herring      0207 3934 6630

                                  Florence Chandler

 

ABOUT ITIM

 

itim was established in 1993 by its founder, and current Chief Executive
Officer, Ali Athar. itim was initially formed as a consulting business,
helping retailers effect operational improvement. From 1999 the Company began
to expand into the provision of proprietary software solutions and by 2004 the
Company was focused exclusively on digital technology. itim has grown both
organically and through a series of acquisitions of small, legacy retail
software systems and associated applications which itim has redeveloped to
create a fully integrated end to end Omni-channel platform.

 

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