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Change of duties of Executive Director
ME Group International PLC announced that Tania Crasnianski stepped down as Executive Director and from the Executive Team on March 17, 2026, while remaining on the Board as a non-executive director. Her responsibilities, which included overseeing entities in Germany, Austria, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland, and Finland, have been assumed by the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, Christophe Dantcikian. The company expressed gratitude for Ms. Crasnianski's contributions and anticipates continued benefit from her expertise in her non-executive role. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n28 April 2026\n\nME GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC\n('ME Group', the 'Company' or the 'Group')\nChange of duties of Executive Director\nME Group International plc, the instant-service equipment group, announces that Tania Crasnianski stepped back from her role as Executive Director of the Company from 17 March 2026 and accordingly has also stood down from the Executive Team. Miss Crasnianski remains on the board of Directors (the 'Board') in a non-executive capacity.\nMiss Crasnianski was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director in June 2021. In that capacity, she exercised a supervisory role over the Group's entities in Germany, Austria, UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Finland, as well as sitting on the Executive Team. In this latter capacity she played a pivotal role in providing, amongst other things, the optimisation of synergies and the sharing of corporate and operational best practices throughout the Group.\nThe Executive Team has recently been expanded to include the new Chief Operating Officer, Christophe Dantcikian, whose appointment was announced on 2 March 2026. Mr Dantcikian is responsible for matters formerly under Miss Crasnianski's purview.\nSir John Lewis OBE, Non-executive Chairman, said:\n'I wish to place on record the thanks of the entire Board for the invaluable service and indefatigable dedication that Tania has brought to bear in the discharge of her duties. My fellow directors and I are delighted that she will continue to serve on the Board in a non-executive capacity and that as such the Board will continue to benefit from her in-depth knowledge of the Group, her wise counsel, and focussed and forensic insight.'\n\nENQUIRIES:\n \n\n\n\n\nME Group International plc\n\n\n+44 (0) 1372 453 399\n\n\n\n\nDel Mansi (Company Secretary)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nHudson Sandler\nWendy Baker / Nick Moore\n \n\n\n+44 (0) 20 7796 4133\n [email protected]\n\n\n\n\n \n \nNOTES TO EDITORS\n \nME Group International plc (LSE: MEGP) is an international market leader in automated self-service equipment aimed at the consumer market, with over 48,000 vending units currently in operation.\n \nThe Group operates, sells and services a wide range of instant-service vending equipment across 16 countries in its key regions of Continental Europe, the UK & Republic of...