# appScatter Group plc Establishment of advisory board

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/appscatter-group-plc-establishment-of-advisory-board/412760578
- Published: 2018-10-30T07:16:33+00:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**appScatter Group plc** (LON: APPS), the intelligent app management platform, today
announced the establishment of its advisory board. Joining the Company’s advisory
board initially are Dr. Thomas Endres as Chairman, Jörg Rieker and Michael Buchen.

Dr. Thomas Endres is Chairman of the Presidium and Executive Board of VOICE, the
Association of IT-users in Germany and Co-Chairman of the Presidium and Executive
Board of the European CIO Association, an independent not-for-profit representative
body for large IT-users. From 2002 to 2012 he was member of the Supervisory Board
at Lufthansa Systems AG and as Group CIO, he was responsible for Lufthansa Group
information management including strategy, shared services and security management.
He is currently a member of the supervisory and advisory boards for a number of 
companies, where the handling of technologies and digital transformation is of great
relevance for the further development of business. He is also active as a digital
entrepreneur.

Jörg Rieker is currently Global Lead Partner for Deloitte’s Software Asset Management
Services. His key competencies are the efficient and compliant handling of software-
and hardware assets as well as data strategies considering the GDPR rules. Before
selling his company to Deloitte, Jörg was a serial entrepreneur and is a passionate
investor in small and midsized companies. Jörg will join the board in early 2019.

Michael Buchen is the Chairman and Founder of Polar Light Ventures, an investment
firm focused on Technology & Internet Ventures in Europe. He is particularly knowledgeable
investing in Marketplace and Software companies. Previously he was the Managing 
Director of Dhabi Holdings, the investment company of senior members of the ruling
family of Abu Dhabi. Before that, Michael held various roles at Mubadala, the strategic
investment firm of the Abu Dhabi Government and at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
He also currently serves, or has previously served, on the board of directors and
advisory boards of a number of companies in the venture capital, technology, financial
services, energy and telecom sectors.

Michael has resigned as a Non-executive Director of the Company with immediate effect,
to join the newly formed Advisory Board.

As outlined in the Company’s Interim results, published on 27 September 2018, an
advisory board has been established to further support the plc board in enhancing
appScatter’s offering and opportunities. The advisory board is to be made up of 
individuals with expert technology and business experience whose primary goal is
to assist in securing new large enterprise customers.

> **Philip Marcella, CEO of appScatter, commented**: “We are delighted to be able
> to announce the appointment of three such high calibre individuals to our advisory
> board. With their expertise, knowledge and experience, we look forward to continuing
> to grow the appScatter product offering and customer base, with a particular focus
> on developing our enterprise sales efforts.”

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