Liberata appoints Dermot Joyce as new Chief Executive Officer

August 11, 2009

Liberata Ltd, a leading supplier of business processing outsourcing services to Local and Central Government, is pleased to announce that Dermot Joyce will be joining the company as Chief Executive Officer on September 14th 2009.

With more than 20 years experience, Mr. Joyce is an accomplished leader with deep expertise of successfully growing businesses in the business processing outsourcing (“BPO”) and government services sectors. He is currently Chief Operating Officer of Serco Group’s Civil Government businesses, which encompass managed services operations across the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department of Health, Department of Work and Pensions and several national policing bodies. Prior to joining Serco in 2008, he was Executive Director of the Commercial Services Division of Capita Group, which included both private and public sector BPO operations.

Richard Webster, Chief Financial Officer of Liberata, has been interim Chief Executive Officer and will revert to his previous role on the arrival of Dermot Joyce.

Geoff Unwin, Chairman of Liberata Ltd said: "The appointment of Dermot will strengthen Liberata’s management team, ensuring that we continue to play a leading role in developing and delivering leading edge solutions to the market, and that we fully capitalise on the growth opportunities available to us, We look forward to welcoming Dermot to the company. At the same time, I thank Richard for his excellent stewardship over the past year.”

Richard Webster said: “The Local and Central Government BPO markets have long been strong markets and all the indications are that the pace of growth of the sector is increasing. We are participating in this growth, having recently won £70m of new business since October. With Liberata back on a firm footing with supportive clients, a sound financial position and focused on its core business activity Liberata is well positioned in a growing market and I am looking forward to working with Dermot to continue this success.”

Dermot Joyce said “I am delighted to be joining Liberata and continue its near 30 years of success in delivering value and service to the UK's Civil and Local Government bodies. The Public Sector demand for long term partnerships for back office BPO services remains robust and is expected to strengthen in the near term. Liberata is one of a few UK companies with the expertise, operational scale and the BPO service portfolio necessary to meet this future growth opportunity”

With over 2,300 employees across more than 15 UK locations, Liberata improves, streamlines and simplifies complex operational processes for its clients in the public services sector. Liberata is backed by global growth equity firm, General Atlantic who remains a majority shareholder.