Tom Hempenstall Appointed Chairman of Espresso Group

25 Jul 2010

Tom Hempenstall, former chief executive of Metal Bulletin plc, has been appointed chairman of the award-winning educational resource company, Espresso Group. Espresso, founded in 1997, is owned by private equity company Beringea, private investors and corporate shareholders ITN and Channel 4. It operates in the UK, Sweden and recently moved into the US market.

Talking of his appointment, Tom Hempenstall said: "I am delighted to be joining Espresso at this exciting stage of its development. It has a good management team and a young and dynamic workforce that is perfectly attuned to its marketplace."

Richard McGrath, managing director of Espresso said: "We are pleased to have secured the services of Tom Hempenstall who has a good track record of growing electronically delivered subscription services, particularly in the United States. He is also an experienced non-executive director with good corporate governance skills who will look after the interests of all stakeholders in the business as we continue to grow.”

Source: Espresso