Espresso Group Appoints New Non-Executive Chairman to Its Board of Directors

• Press Release
• Source: Espresso Group
• On 12:28 pm EDT, Monday September 21, 2009

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Espresso Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Stephen Warshaw as the new Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the organisation.

Stephen has come to Espresso from a successful career in the business and professional information media sectors. During this time, Stephen spent over 15 years focused on education companies, including Oxford University Press as Managing Director of the English Language Teaching Division and Reed Educational Group (Reed Elsevier plc) as CEO. More recently, Stephen was CEO of the private equity backed MediMedia medical publishing group and Chairman of Iris Software Limited. He is currently Chairman of the Cambridge Education Group.

As an experienced Chairman and CEO in both private and quoted companies, Stephen brings to Espresso a broad strategic and operational track record, and extensive private equity and international experience.

Stephen commented, “Espresso is an exciting company to be a part of. With its track record of growth and innovation and an excellent reputation in schools, Espresso is well-positioned to seize new opportunities for continued success in a fast changing educational and technological environment. I look forward to working with the management team and the investors to help them achieve their goals.”

Espresso Group’s Managing Director, Richard McGrath, commented, “We are thrilled to have Stephen on board as our new Chairman. His experience in the education sector will be extremely helpful as we continue to expand Espresso into new territories and markets. We will value his support as we continue to fuel growth for our award-winning services.”

Mr. Warshaw was appointed in September 2009.

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 is the winner of BETT Awards 2009 and 2008, BAFTA Award and Royal Television Society Award, and has been featured for the last three years on the Tech Track 100, ranked as one of Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies.

Espresso Group
Heidi Delaloye, Marketing Manager
Tel: +44(0)20 8237 1209
hdelaloye@espresso.co.uk