LONDON - Wednesday, April 9th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS
WIRE)-- Steven Ross, Interim Chairman of the Board of Kodak Alaris
Holdings Limited, today announced that Mark Elliott has been named
Chairman of the Board of Kodak Alaris Holdings Limited, effective May 1,
2014. Elliott will report to the board of directors of KPP Trustees
Limited, the trustee for the Kodak Pension Plan (KPP) of the United
Kingdom and Kodak Alaris’ sole shareholder. Elliott will be responsible
for working with the management team to set and implement the strategy
and direction of Kodak Alaris, liaising with the KPP and other third
parties, and for the overall governance of the Kodak Alaris Holdings
Limited board.
“The KPP and I are extremely pleased that Mark will
join us as Chairman of the Board and provide senior leadership for Kodak
Alaris going forward,” said Ross. “His solid experience in management,
sales, software and services together with his diverse corporate board
leadership will bring a fresh and bold perspective to our business that
our customers expect from Kodak Alaris.”
Ralf Gerbershargen, Kodak Alaris’ CEO, will report to Elliott.
Steven
Ross will step down from his role as Interim Chairman but will remain a
non-executive director to represent the interests of the KPP on the
Kodak Alaris Holdings Limited board.
Elliott began his professional
career at IBM in 1970. He held a series of executive and general
management positions in IBM Global Services and IBM Software Group
including general manager of IBM Global Services, Americas. As the
general manager of sales and marketing for IBM Software Group, he formed
the original worldwide sales and services unit of more than 5,000
professionals. As general manager for IBM’s business in Europe, Middle
East, and Africa, his responsibilities included operations in more than
124 countries with more than 90,000 employees.
Elliott retired from IBM in 2008 after 38 years of service.
He
served on the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Kelley School of Business
at Indiana University and the Technology Advisory Council for Indiana
University. In addition, he served as a non-executive director on the
board of Reed Elsevier PLC in London and Amsterdam and served as chair
of their remuneration committee. He is a non-executive director of G4S
PLC, a security solutions company based in London, and serves as the
senior independent director and chair of the remuneration committee. He
is the non-executive chairman of QinetiQ PLC, a defense company in the
U.K. and U.S.
Elliott holds a degree from Indiana University with a major in marketing and a minor in economics.
He is based in Florida, but spends some of his time in the U.K.
About Kodak Alaris
Founded
in September 2013, Kodak Alaris was formed when the Kodak Pension Plan
(KPP) of the United Kingdom, through its trustee, KPP Trustees Limited,
completed its acquisition of the Kodak Personalized Imaging and Document
Imaging businesses from Eastman Kodak Company. The Kodak Alaris
business is privately held by the KPP under the parent company for the
group, Kodak Alaris Holdings Limited. The Personalized Imaging business
provides ongoing innovation to market high-quality imaging products and
services, serving consumers, retail partners and photography
professionals through Retail Systems Solutions (including kiosks and
in-store processing solutions), Event Imaging Solutions (including theme
park imaging), Paper & Output Systems (traditional photographic
paper and software) and Film Capture (still camera film products). The
Document Imaging business helps organizations more intelligently capture
and use information in business processes to maximize value. Kodak
Alaris, which is licensed to use the Kodak brand, will focus on
strategic, ongoing investments for these businesses to ensure long-term
growth and success.
Contacts
Gary Fisher, +44(0)7785 343399
gary@gefconsult.com
Kodak Alaris’ Personalized Imaging division
Audrey Jonckheer, +1 585-477-4514
audrey.jonckheer@kodakalaris.com
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