DIL
07/11/2013 12:26
DIRECTOR
REL: 1226 HRS Diligent Board Member Services INC (NS)
DIRECTOR: DIL: Diligent - Appointment of Independent Director
November 7, 2013
Diligent Board Member Services, Inc. (Diligent)
Appointment of Independent Director - Mr. Larry Jones
The Board of Directors of Diligent met today. At that meeting the Board
resolved to increase the size of the Board to seven and to appoint Mr. A.
Laurence (Larry) Jones to fill that casual vacancy as an independent director
pending the next annual meeting of Diligent. Mr. Jones' appointment as a
director of Diligent will be voted on by shareholders at the next annual
meeting.
Mr. Larry Jones has over 25 years of experience in building, operating and
growing world-class public and private companies in the Enterprise Software,
Marketing and Internet Services, IT Serices and Security, Financial
Information Services and Business Process Outsourcing industries. Mr. Jones
currently serves as the Executive Chairman of Coalfire Systems, Inc., a
provider of IT audit, security and compliance solutions. He is a certified
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Fellow and is also
chairman of the Advisory Board of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship and
on the board of the Leeds School of Business, both at the University of
Colorado. Over the past 10 years, Mr. Jones has served as director of
numerous public and private companies including Comverge, Work Options Group,
StarTek, Exabyte, Activant Solutions, Realm Solutions, SARCOM, WebClients,
DIMAC and Fulcrum Analytics.
Mr. Jones is based in the United States. He graduated from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute with a degree in computer sciences in 1975 and earned
his MBA from Boston University in 1980.
Mr. Jones will be a member of the Compensation and Audit and Compliance
Committees. He replaces Mr. Carrabino on the Compensation Committee and will
be the Chairman of this committee. Also, Mr. Greg Petersen will become
Chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee.
Diligent Chairman David Liptak said, "We are pleased to have Larry Jones join
the Diligent Board. His experience in the software industry, as both a CEO
and a director of a number of different companies, will add notable value to
the Board."
Mr. Jones will join the board from today and the changes to the committees
will occur simultaneously.
Investor inquiries:
Sonya Joyce
Phone: +64 4 894 6912
Media inquiries:
Geoff Senescall
Phone: +64 21 481 234
End CA:00243479 For:DIL Type:DIRECTOR Time:2013-11-07 12:26:03
