PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 15/10/14 GAVIN HANKS joins Aegate as Chief Financial Officer Aegate are very pleased to announce that Gavin Hanks has joined as Chief Financial Officer. Gavin will also be responsible for the key support functions of Human Resources, Legal and Procurement. Gavin joins us from the Rothschild Group of companies having spent over 11 years as finance director for two of its businesses: Specialist Fleet Services Ltd. and Five Arrows Leasing Ltd. Previous to this, Gavin spent 6 years as an Associate Director at KPMG, one of the global top 4 accounting firms. Gavin has an impressive record of enabling growth companies to reach their potential by providing a stable platform from which to drive business growth. Gavin has participated in a number of acquisitions, MBOs, LBOs and other M&A activities. Furthermore he has had experience working in Germany and understanding the complex facets of an International business. Gavin is a very personable, approachable and jovial leader who is an important leadership asset as we build our teams. Aegate is embarking on a rapid acceleration of the business scaling our revenues and organisation across multiple European countries and building on our continued leadership in the Digital Medicine Network. About Aegate Aegate is one of the leaders in developing the Digital Medicine Network. With a documented history of some 3 billion medicines scanned to date with an average rate of 200k transactions per hour across 15k dispensing points, Aegate is the principal active market leader in medicines verification. Aegateās Reach, Assure and Protect services meets the needs of all stakeholders. Supported internationally by manufacturers and pharmacists alike, Aegate is a European company with offices in Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and the UK. Our mission is to protect patients from falsified, recalled or expired medicines. We operate a highly secure real-time system to verify the authenticity of medicines. This operates seamlessly from manufacturer to pharmacy, and fully meets the requirements of European legislation for falsified medicines. The Aegate network also supports messaging services that provide additional information for the pharmacist at the point of dispense, such as regulatory or drug safety advice and patient education or adherence information. For more information on Aegate, please visit www.aegate.com Media contact information: Daniel Graham Talkabout Group [email protected] T: +447768 222280 Company Contact: Graham Smith Commercial Director Aegate Ltd Cambridge Technology Centre Melbourn SG8 6DP UK T: +44 1763 268160 M: +44 7785 748970 W: www.aegate.com