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Notice of AGM and Directorate Change
Notice of AGM and Directorate Change.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2727G BATM Advanced Communications Ld 05 November 2018 \n\nLEI: 213800FLQUB9J289RU66\n \n5 November 2018\n \nBATM Advanced Communications Limited\n(\"BATM\" or \"the Group\")\n \nNotice of AGM and Directorate Change\n \nBATM Advanced Communications Limited (LSE: BVC), a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems, gives notice that the Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\") of the Group is to be held at 10.00am GMT on Wednesday 28 November 2018 at the offices of Luther Pendragon, 48 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0EJ, England. \n \nAmong the resolutions to be voted on at the AGM are the proposed appointments of Prof. Ari Shamiss and Prof. Varda Shalev as external directors of the Group, as required under Israeli law, for three-year periods commencing upon the approval of the resolution at the AGM. Prof. Shamiss and Prof. Shalev will be replacing Dr. Avigdor Shafferman and Mrs Orna Pollack respectively, whose three-year tenures as external directors expire and who retire from the Board of Directors. \n \nFurther information on the resolutions can be found in the Notice of AGM circular that has, along with forms of proxy and direction, been posted to shareholders and is available on BATM's website at: www.batm.com. \n \nProposed Director Appointments \n \nProf. Ari Shamiss \n \nProf. Ari Shamiss, aged 60, is a medical expert with over 35 years' experience in the healthcare and biotechnology industries. He is currently CEO of Assuta Medical Centers, a network of eight hospitals and medical centres in Israel. Prior to assuming this position in 2016, Prof. Shamiss spent over 30 years at the Sheba Medical Center, which is the largest hospital in Israel and where a significant proportion of the country's clinical research is conducted, in various roles and most latterly being CEO of the Sheba General Hospital from 2005 to 2016. \n \nHe has also served in advisory roles at various private and public organisations, including academic institutions such as being a Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University School of Medicine and a Senior Researcher at Harvard Business School. He has provided business advisory and consultancy to companies such as Quantason LLC, a California-based med-tech company th...