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UMI3 APPOINTS SCOTT FLETCHER
TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
entrepreneurs, heading up
companies with a total
valuation in excess of £100M.
He founded what is now his
largest business, IT solutions
provider, ANS Group, from
his back bedroom in 1996 at
the age of 22. ANS floated
on PLUS markets and now
has a turnover of £50M.
As ANS Chairman, Scott is
able to indulge his passion
for investment in, and
involvement with, start-up
companies and is also
Chairman and lead investor
in Gödel Technologies and
has recently funded
Manchester entrepreneur
Jasen Jackiw's start-up
company Prymo.
Scott Fletcher
UMI3 Ltd has announced
the appointment of
Scott Fletcher to the
Company's Board as a
non-executive Director.
Scott has been named
Entrepreneur of the Year for
the North West at the
National Business Awards,
Manchester born Scott is
one of the country's leading
IOD Young Director of the
Year and The PLUS Markets
Chairman of the Year. He has
served on the board of FC
United of Manchester and
the Manchester Academy,
and currently sits on the
Greater Manchester Local
Enterprise Partnership.
Scott commented: "It's a
great privilege to be part of
the University in this way. It
is a university which has a
rich, proud history. Their
innovative vision for the
future, excellent world-class
research facilities and strong
pipeline of novel
technologies are what
enticed me to join as a
non-executive Director.
I am really looking forward
to working with them and to
raising further the profile
of entrepreneurship at
the University."
Clive Rowland, UMI3 CEO,
commented: "I am delighted
that Scott is finding time in
his very busy schedule to join
our Board. We are always
open to supplementing our
in-house technology transfer
expertise with experienced
entrepreneurs who know
what it is like to build a
successful company from
scratch and Scott fits that bill
perfectly. Scott will help us
further instil a spirit of
innovation and drive into
our activities which is as
important to business success
as are the amazing ideas and
inventions that our staff and
students come up with all of
the time. I know that Scott
will be a huge asset to us."
Please click here for the full
list of our Board members.
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