17th July 2009

Kewill plc

Karen Bach appointed CFO

Kewill plc ("Kewill", LSE: KWL), the provider of software and solutions that simplify global trade and logistics, announces the appointment of Karen Bach to the Board as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with effect from 17 August 2009.

Karen joins Kewill from Advanced Computer Software Plc where she was CFO. Karen was closely involved in the development of ACS over the last year from a shell company into a substantial software and services business in the health care sector. Her focus included the acquisition and integration of two key businesses.  

Prior to this Karen was CFO of IXEurope Plc, a datacentre services provider which listed on AIM in April 2006 and was acquired by Equinix in September 2007 for circa £270m. In Karen's four years with IXEurope, the business grew rapidly from £11m to over £60m revenue, from negative EBITDA to over £20m and from eight to 15 sites in Europe. Karen's previous positions include Finance Director of EDS France and various international roles at MCI WorldCom and General Motors, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young in 1995.

Paul Nichols, CEO said "The Board and I are delighted to welcome Karen to the Kewill team and we are confident that her international experience in fast-growth technology businesses will prove valuable to the next stage of our growth."

Karen Bach will, on her appointment, also assume the role of Company Secretary to Kewill plc previously held by Guy Millward.  Tracey Trevorrow has assumed the role of Company Secretary in the interim period having acted as Assistant Company Secretary to Kewill for the last two years.

In the past five years, Karen Bach (age 39, née White) has been a director of the following legal entities: Advanced Computer Software Plc, ADV Management Services Ltd, ADV E-Health Ltd, Adastra Software Ltd, Equinix (Services) Limited, Equinix Corporation Limited, Equinix Group Limited, Equinix Investments Limited, Equinix (UK) Limited, Interconnect Exchange Solutions Limited and Galaxylife Limited.

Kewill confirms that no other information in relation to this appointment is required pursuant to 9.6.13 of the Listing Rules.

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