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Regent
Associates Ltd (Regent) is delighted to announce that Richard Holway has joined
the board of its parent company Regent Partners International Ltd (RPI) as a
non-executive director with effect from 2nd April 2007. RPI is a
holding company within which Regent, a leading specialist investment bank for
the technology industry, is the primary business.
Richard
will assist the company to help them build on the considerable success that they
have achieved over the past few years. As a specialist provider of acquisition
services to the technology sector, Regent is currently expanding the scope and
scale of its operations
“We
are delighted to have Richard on board. He brings a wealth of knowledge and
experience to Regent. This will be of immense value as we move into the next
phase of the company’s development as it builds its capabilities to handle
larger acquisition transactions” said Peter Rowell, Chairman of Regent
Associates.
“I
have had an association with Regent stretching back many years and have long
been impressed with the strength of their brand and the quality of the work they
do. The technology sector is in the midst of one the most disruptive periods in
its history. Management, shareholders and investors, more than ever before, need
the solid reputation, expertise and experience that a trusted advisor like
Regent can provide. I am really looking forward to working with Peter and the
Regent team in helping them achieve even greater success in the years to come”
concluded Richard Holway.
ENDS
For
more information contact
Peter
Rowell or Hana Glanville on 01753 800700.
Richard
Holway
Richard
Holway is considered to be one of the UK's leading ICT analysts. He started
in computing in 1966 as a programmer and progressed to become Group Marketing
Director of Hoskyns (now Capgemini) in 1979 before forming Richard Holway
Limited in 1986.
Richard
Holway Limited became the leading authority on the financial performance of the
UK software and IT services market. Best known the annual Holway Report, the
monthly newsletter SYSTEMHOUSE
and, in 1996, the Hotnews internet news service - one of the very first
technology "blogs". All are still being published today in 2007.
In
November 2000 Richard Holway Limited was acquired by Ovum where Richard
continued to serve as a director and analyst. In
March 2006. Ovum successfully IPOed on AIM at 190p. In Dec. 06, Datamonitor
acquired Ovum for £42m/300p; a considerable premium. Richard stepped down from
the board at that time.
In 2002, Richard was one
of the founding members of the Prince's
Trust Technology Leadership Group and became the Chairman in April 2007.
Currently, Richard sits on BT Global
Services' Advisory Board and on the advisory board at Elderstreet
Capital Partners. In January 2007, Richard was appointed a non executive
director at the publicly quoted Finsbury
Technology Trust (FTT).
Founded
in 1987, Regent Associates is Europe’s leading advisor to organisations in the
technology industries on all aspects of corporate development including,
acquisitions, divestments, company sales, financing, valuations and strategic
advice.
With
a successful track record of over 400 completed transactions, Regent’s client
base includes many of the world’s best known technology companies. Operating
solely in the technology, telecoms and information services sectors,
– 65% of the deals have private equity involvement
and over 60% of the deals
are cross-border.