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Appointment of Interim Chief Executive
Appointment of Interim Chief Executive.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n9 May 2023\nWANdisco plc \n \n(\"WANdisco\" or the \"Company\") \n \nAppointment of Interim Chief Executive\n \n \nWANdisco (LSE: WAND), the data activation platform, is pleased to announce its intention to appoint Stephen Kelly as Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WANdisco effective from 10 May 2023.\n \nStephen Kelly has significant experience of complex software and technology businesses underpinned by strong partner and alliance channels and direct sales skills. Stephen has an exceptional leadership record, from start-ups to the largest organisations in both private and public sectors in the USA and Europe. Following early career experience gained in the European management team at Oracle, Stephen joined start-up Chordiant in 1997 and served as CEO of this NASDAQ listed business between 2001 and 2005. He served as CEO of MicroFocus plc between 2006 and 2010, followed by a period as Chief Operating Officer of the UK Government. Returning to the private sector in 2014, Stephen then served as Chief Executive of Sage plc until 2018.\nContiguous with the appointment of Stephen as Interim CEO, Ken Lever will resume his position as Interim Non-Executive Chairman. Stephen will assume overall executive responsibility for WANdisco, with an initial focus on customers, channel partners and alliances, the sales organisation, go-to-market strategy and building the sales pipeline. Ken will continue to chair the Company's Board of Directors, as well as continuing to chair the Board's Investigations Committee, and will remain heavily involved with workstreams focused on lifting the share suspension.\nStephen Kelly commented:\n\"As a passionate champion of UK Tech companies striving to become Number 1 on the global stage, I am excited by the prospect of joining WANdisco. I am a firm believer in the potential of WANdisco's technology to become a market leader and, whilst there is much work to be done, I have relished my previous UK listed turnaround roles and am proud of the successful transformations, profitable growth and value creation they have delivered. I believe Ken has started the rescue, recovery and rebuild process well and, as a team, we have the opportunity to build a high-quality, global UK growth business delivering for all stakeholders.\" \nKen Lever added:\n\"The Bo...