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Myriad Group Announces Key Management Changes(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 24 December 2013 Release date- 23122013 - Zurich, SWITZERLAND - Myriad Group AG (SIX: MYRN), the company creating and connecting communities across mobile, today announces that Mike Grant, Chief Marketing Officer, and Andrew Wyse, VP Global Sales, are to step down from the company effective 31st December 2013. Mike, who was appointed CMO in September 2012, has completed the development of the company's new strategy, and has established an effective and efficient product management and marketing function in support of that strategy. Andrew, who joined the company in March of this year, has completed the restructuring of the company's global sales and delivery function whilst securing our 2013 revenues. Both individuals are moving on to other roles. Stephen Dunford, Chief Executive Officer of Myriad Group commented: 'On behalf of the Executive Management team, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Mike and Andrew for their exceptional contributions to Myriad over the past twelve months. Mike has provided the organisation with a strong new direction and a foundation for significant growth. In his time with us, Andrew has successfully put in place a highly efficient and effective go to market team. I am grateful to both for their guidance and support during this interim period. Given the completion of this phase of the company's evolution and a much simpler structure put in place, both individuals felt it was the right time to move on. I wish them well for the future.' About Myriad Myriad delivers consumer applications, messaging solutions, and embedded software to leading OEMs, mobile operators, and pay TV providers worldwide. Our messaging services deliver instant messaging and social networking to tens of millions of users in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Working with some of the world's most successful mobile phone operators, Myriad's market leading chat application, MSNGR, enables consumers to connect to friends and family for free across feature phones as well as smartphones. Our Updates service, provided over USSD, enables users without data plans to connect to the social networks and chat services they want to reach in a simple and affordable way. In many cases, Myriad's services are providing users with their first experience of the Internet. Our market proven and innovative connected home solutions are found in billions of mobile phones and tens of millions of set-top boxes and Blu-ray players. We operate worldwide, with offices in Switzerland, France, UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, India, UAE, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Myriad is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX Symbol: MYRN). For more information please visit our website: www.myriadgroup.com. You can also follow us on twitter @MyriadGroup, and view our YouTube Channel - YouTube.com/myriadgroupmarketing. Contacts Andrew Toole, Public Relations Peter McCormack, Investor Relations +44 (0)1625 445701 +44 (0)1625 445705 [email protected] [email protected] [Editorial queries for this story should be sent to [email protected]] ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2013 Electronic News Publishing - |