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Board and Management Changes and Trading Update
Board and Management Changes and Trading Update.
About this update from Big Technologies Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n8 May 2025\nThis announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (\"MAR\"), and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.\n \nBig Technologies plc\n(\"Big Technologies\" or \"the Company\", together with its subsidiaries the \"Group\")\n\nBoard and Management Changes and Trading Update\nBig Technologies plc (AIM: BIG) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Ian Johnson as Chief Executive Officer and Mike Johns as Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in each case with immediate effect. Ian and Mike have already been supporting the Company as Non-Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer Designate, respectively, since April 2025.\nMike will now oversee the remainder of the audit and publication of both the Company's preliminary results and its audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 in line with the previously announced timetable. \nThe Company also announces that Daren Morris has been stood down by the Company as Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect and will leave the Group after a period of garden leave.\nThe Board changes announced today follow consultation with shareholders.\nAlexander Brennan, Chairman of the Company, said: \"We thank Daren for his hard work at the Group as Chief Financial Officer and, more recently, as Interim Chief Executive Officer, where he has helped to stabilise the business and its people at what has been a difficult time. We wish him well in his future endeavours. I am very pleased to welcome Ian, as a highly experienced Chief Executive Officer, in his new role and I look forward to working with him to deliver on the Company's strategy and objectives. We are equally pleased that Mike will be joining the Board in his role as Chief Financial Officer and we are excited to see him continue the hard work he has been doing since joining the Company.\"\nIan Johnson said: \"I am delighted to accept the role of Chief Executive Officer and am excited to lead the company into a new era of growth and innovation. I look forward to working closely with our talented team to achieve our strategic go...