3 June 2021
Pureprofile Limited (ASX: PPL or the Company) has today welcomed Albert Hitchcock as an advisor to the company’s board of directors.
With a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years, Albert brings with him extensive experience in information technology, product development and global operations. His role will be specifically to offer guidance, advice and support to the board and executive team in the evolution and development of the company.
Andrew Edwards, Non-Executive Chairman said: “I am thrilled that Albert has elected to share his skills and expertise with Pureprofile in this capacity. Albert will contribute greatly to matters of strategic importance, leveraging his decades-long experience in technology to ensure our continued growth and success into the future. Having worked with Albert in the past, I have no doubt that his industry and corporate experience will be invaluable as we continue to build upon our SaaS and global growth strategies.”
Albert is currently a senior executive at Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, and over the last 7 years has led Digital Product Development, Information Technology, Operations, and created and ran Pearson’s Global shared services functions.
Albert previously worked at Vodafone where he was Chief Information Officer for the Vodafone Group from 2007 and was responsible for the information technology teams within Vodafone and its operating companies around the world. Prior to that he held leadership roles at BAE Systems, Racal Electronics and Nortel Networks where he was also Global CIO.
In December 2019, Albert joined Nationwide Building Society as main board Non-Executive Director. Albert is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer and is based in London.
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