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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Advanced Medical Solutions Grp PLC\n20 February 2007\n\n\nFor Immediate Release 20 February 2007\n\n Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc\n ('AMS' or 'the Company')\n\n Appointment of Non-Executive Director\n\nWinsford, UK: Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (AIM: AMS), the global\nmedical technology company, today announces that Mr Stephen Gerard Bellamy, a\nchartered accountant with extensive City experience, has been appointed to the\nBoard as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.\n\nMr Bellamy, aged 47, is currently Chairman of The First Close Technology Fund,\nwhich is managed by Close Brothers and invests in early stage UK technology\ncompanies. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Unifisoft Limited, a\ntechnology supplier to the financial services industry, and QBM Limited, a\nnon-trading company.\n\nMr Bellamy, who qualified as a chartered accountant in New Zealand in 1984, was \nan Executive Director of Sherwood International plc from 1994 to 2001, where he \nwas CFO and then COO of the global business operations of the group. He was \nalso previously an Executive Director of Brierley Investments' London operations \nfrom 1986 to 1993.\n\nMr Bellamy's previous non-executive directorships have included Dr Foster Limited, \na provider of informatics to the UK health industry with a strong presence in \nthe NHS; CSols plc, a laboratory software and services company; and Budgens \nplc, the food retailer acquired in 2002 by Musgrave Group for £315 million. \nIn addition, Mr Bellamy is a former Member of the Advisory Committee to ISIS \nCapital plc.\n\nCommenting on this announcement Dr Geoffrey N Vernon, Non-Executive Chairman of\nAMS, stated: 'I am delighted to welcome Stephen to our Board. His strong City\nexperience will be of great value to AMS as we develop the Company further and\ncontinue to look for strategic corporate opportunities to enhance growth.'\n\nMr Bellamy's other previous non-executive directorships during the past five \nyears comprise: QBM Holdings Limited; GTJST Limited, formerly named IQA Holdings \nLimited; and Force 12 Holdings Limited.\n\nThere are no further disclosures to be made with regards to this appointment \nunder paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules.\n\nFor further information, please contact:\n\nAdvanced Medical Solutions Group plc Tel : +44 (0) 1606 545508\n\nDon...