Directorate change

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

Next 15 Group plc ("Next 15" or the "Company")

CFO Appointment

Next 15 Group plc, the tech and data driven growth consultancy, today announces the appointment of Mickey Kalifa as Group Chief Financial Officer. This follows the announcement on 30 January 2025 that Peter Harris had informed the Company of his intention to step down from the Board and from his role as CFO. Mickey will become CFO of the Group and be appointed to the Board with effect from 1 June 2025.  He will be spending time in the business and with Peter between now and then to ensure a smooth transition. The appointment was made following a comprehensive and rigorous selection process.

Mickey is a Chartered Accountant with experience across the media, technology and gaming sectors. Most recently, Mickey was CFO of Dept, a private equity backed technology and marketing services company, where he was CFO from 2022 until November 2024.  Mickey was previously CFO of M&C Saatchi Plc. between 2019 and 2022, and prior to this, held the role at Sportech Plc. During his career Mickey has served in a number of executive and finance director roles at some of the world’s largest media and technology companies, including Liberty Global, BSkyB PLC, Time Warner, Disney and Young & Rubicam. 

Tim Dyson, CEO, commented: "Mickey is an excellent fit for Next 15. His deep experience and clear focus on technology will undoubtedly be invaluable to our team as we continue to evolve our business for the future."  

Penny Ladkin-Brand, Chair, commented: "Following a thorough search process I am delighted to welcome Mickey to Next 15. He brings a wealth of relevant experience, and a strategic, forward-looking mentality to the business."

Mickey Kalifa commented: "It is a privilege to join Next 15 as CFO at such an important time for the business.  I look forward to working with Tim and the Board to deliver the next phase of the Company’s development."   

Further information relating to Mickey as required to be disclosed under the AIM Rules for Companies is set out below.

For further information, please contact:

Next 15 Group plc
Tim Dyson, Chief Executive Officer
Via MHP

Deutsche Numis (Nomad & Joint Broker)
Mark Lander, Hugo Rubinstein
[phone]

Berenberg (Joint Broker)
Ben Wright, Mark Whitmore
[phone]

MHP (Investor Relations)
Simon Evans, Eleni Menikou, Veronica Farah
[e-mail]
[phone]

Further regulatory disclosures:

Other than as disclosed below, there are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with AIM Rule 17 and paragraph (g) of Schedule Two of the AIM Rules for Companies:

Maneck (‘Mickey‘) Kalifa age 57, is, or has been, a director or partner of the following companies or partnerships during the previous five years.

Current

Zoo Digital Group plc

Arkia Limited

Previous

Dept Holding B.V.

Digital Agency Holding B.V.

Digital Agency Subholding B.V.

Dept Marketing & Technology Private Limited

Alive & Kicking Global Limited

Black & White Strategy Limited

Clear Ideas Limited

Fynd Media Limited

Human Digital Limited

Influence Communications Limited

Isomer Capital Project Sio2 Limited

Lean Mean Fighting Machine Ltd

Lida Limited

M&C Saatchi (UK) Limited

M&C Saatchi Accelerator Limited

M&C Saatchi European Holdings Limited

M&C Saatchi Export Limited

M&C Saatchi Fluency Limited

M&C Saatchi German Holdings Limited

M&C Saatchi International Holdings B.V.

M&C Saatchi Marketing Arts Limited

M&C Saatchi Merlin Limited

M&C Saatchi Mobile Limited

M&C Saatchi Network Limited

M&C Saatchi plc

M&C Saatchi PR International Limited

M&C Saatchi Shop Limited

M&C Saatchi Social Limited

M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment Limited

M&C Saatchi Talk Limited

M&C Saatchi WMH Limited

M&C Saatchi Worldwide Limited

Re Worldwide Limited

Send Me A Sample Limited

The Source (London) Limited

This Is Noticed Limited

Thread Innovation Limited

Tekno Point Multimedia India Private Limited