Board Appointments
April 13 2007 - 3:05AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:8018U
FishWorks plc
13 April 2007
Date: 13 April 2007
On Behalf of: FishWorks plc ("FishWorks or "the Group")
Embargoed until: 0705hrs
FishWorks plc
Board Appointments
FishWorks plc, the local fishmongers and restaurant group listed on AIM (Symbol:
FSH.L), is pleased to announce two significant Board appointments. Gary
Ashworth joins the Group as Chairman and Chris Marsh as Finance Director, with
immediate effect.
Gary Ashworth, 46, is a founder and Chairman of Interquest Group plc, a fast
growing specialist recruitment business listed on AIM. Prior to this, he
founded Abacus Recruitment plc, which floated on AIM in September 1995. Gary is
also a founder of Room Restaurants, with outlets in Leeds, Manchester and
Liverpool.
Chris Marsh, 32, qualified as a chartered accountant at Vantis plc (formerly
Morton Thornton) and as a chartered tax accountant at Ernst and Young. He
started his own commercial practice in 2001. Chris has worked as a Finance
Director at various leisure firms, including a catering business and currently
works as Finance Director of Healthy Living Centres plc, a chain of 36 gyms, and
as Finance Director of Patisserie Valerie, a chain of 8 restaurants in London.
Commenting on the appointments, Mitchell Tonks, Group Chief Executive of
FishWorks plc, said:
"We are delighted to welcome Gary and Chris to our Board and management team.
Their experience will be a huge asset to the Company and we look forward to
working closely together to drive the Group forward."
Directorships and partnerships within the five years prior to the publication of
this announcement:-
Name Current Past
Gary Ashworth Adriatic Restaurants Ltd Third Stage Productions Limited
Assembly Theatre Ltd
Ebury Films Ltd
InterQuest Group plc
Keel Haul Ltd
Vail Securities Ltd
Christopher David Marsh AMI Associates Limited
Ascot Bingo Ventures Limited
Healthy Living Centres plc
Hemel Secretarial Services
Limited
Kensington Close Management
Company Limited
Save for the information disclosed above there is no other information falling
to be disclosed under schedule two, paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules.
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Enquiries to:
Emma Kane/Sanna Lehtinen
Redleaf Communications Tel: 020 7822 0200
Richard Day / Steve Pearce
Arden Partners plc Tel: 020 7398 1632
Notes to Editors:
* FishWorks was founded in 1994 by Mitchell Tonks.
* FishWorks operates a chain of 12 seafood outlets, currently located in
Bath, Bristol, Christchurch, Richmond and London (Battersea, Chiswick,
Islington, Marylebone, Primrose Hill, Parsons Green, Notting Hill and Chelsea),
each of which provides a distinctive combination of seafood restaurant and
traditional fishmongers.
* The Company was listed on AIM in June 2005.
* FishWorks also supplies fish and seafood to over 300 hotels and
restaurants across the UK through its subsidiary, Channel Fisheries Limited.
Further information on FishWorks is available at the Company's website:
www.fishworks.co.uk
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