Tom Hempenstall, former chief executive of Metal Bulletin plc, has been appointed chairman of the award-winning educational resource company, Espresso Group. Espresso, founded in 1997, is owned by private equity company Beringea, private investors and corporate shareholders ITN and Channel 4. It operates in the UK, Sweden and recently moved into the US market.
Talking of his appointment, Tom Hempenstall said: "I am delighted to be joining Espresso at this exciting stage of its development. It has a good management team and a young and dynamic workforce that is perfectly attuned to its marketplace."
Richard McGrath, managing director of Espresso said: "We are pleased to have secured the services of Tom Hempenstall who has a good track record of growing electronically delivered subscription services, particularly in the United States. He is also an experienced non-executive director with good corporate governance skills who will look after the interests of all stakeholders in the business as we continue to grow.” Mr. Hempenstall was appointed in July 2010.
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Further information from: Heidi Delaloye, Espresso Education, Hythe House, 200 Shepherd’s Bush Road, Hammersmith, W6 7NL
Phone: 020 7870 4588
Email: hdelaloye@espresso.co.uk
About Espresso Education
Espresso Group comprises of Espresso Education, an International Division and Education Clip Library (in partnership with ITN). Espresso Education is the UK market leader in the provision of video-based digital curriculum services to primary and secondary schools, featuring Espresso Primary, Clipbank, and Channel 4 Learning. Its international division licenses and distributes content into more than 40 countries worldwide. Espresso Education is the winner of a number of BETT Awards, a BAFTA and Royal Television Society Award, and has been featured three times in the Tech Track 100, ranking Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies.
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