20
June 2024
Mobile Tornado Group
plc
("Mobile Tornado" or
the "Company")
Board
Changes
The Board of Mobile Tornado, a
leading push-to-talk over cellular and workforce management
solution provider, is pleased to announce that Luke Wilkinson and
Marcus Emptage have been appointed to the board of the Company as
Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director, respectively, with
immediate effect.
Mr. Wilkinson joined the Company in
January 2023 as Head of Business Development. Mr. Wilkinson has
significantly widened the Company's partner network and developed a
sophisticated outreach programme to promote the Company's solutions
to the global critical communications market. The success of this
strategy has been borne out with the recent signing of a major
mobile network operator in one of the Company's key target markets,
as announced on 8 May 2024. Prior to joining Mobile Tornado, Luke
founded Storm Intelligent Communications Limited ("Storm") in 2020
and currently holds a 60% interest in Storm. Storm is a UK based
non-exclusive reseller of Mobile Tornado's solutions.
Mr. Emptage is a chartered
management accountant and has been Group Financial Controller of
the Company since 2006.
The following additional information
is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the
AIM Rules for Companies.
Luke Antony Wilkinson, aged 30, has
held the following directorships and/or partnerships in the past
five years:
Current directorships/partnerships
· My
Possible Self Limited
· Storm
Intelligent Communications Limited
Luke Wilkinson currently holds
1,366,834 ordinary shares of 2p each in the Company ("Ordinary
Shares"), representing 0.33% of the Company's issued ordinary share
capital.
Marcus John Emptage is 45 years old
and has not held any directorships or partnership positions during
the previous five years. He does not hold any Ordinary
Shares.
There is no further information on
Luke Wilkinson or Marcus Emptage required to be disclosed under
Schedule Two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules for
Companies.
Enquiries:
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Mobile Tornado Group plc
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+44
(0)7734 475 888
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Jeremy Fenn, Chairman and acting
CEO
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www.mobiletornado.com
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Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser &
Broker)
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+44
(0)20 3328 5656
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James Reeve / Piers Shimwell
(Corporate Finance)
David Johnson (Sales and Corporate
Broking)
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About Mobile Tornado
Mobile Tornado (AIM: MBT) is a
leading provider of critical communications and workforce
management solutions for tier 1 mobile network operators and
solution providers. Their range of solutions includes advanced
business intelligence, AI, and workforce management, aimed at
enhancing the productivity and performance of businesses utilising
state-of-the-art applications. Mobile Tornado offers seamless
switching between 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile and WiFi networks,
available through ruggedised handsets and smartphone applications
for Android and iOS. These cost-effective technologies are deployed
in over 30 countries worldwide, serving mobile operators,
government agencies, and private enterprises.