ITE Group plc announced the appointment of Marco Sodi to the Board of Directors as a Non-executive Director and Chairman Designate with effect from February 1, 2012. Mr. Sodi was a Non-executive Director of the company from 2003 to 2006 and has extensive experience of the media sector, and the exhibitions sector in particular. He left Veronis Suhler Stevenson in March 2010 after 23 years as both a General Partner and Investment Committee member and is currently a Non-executive Director on the Boards of CSC Media Group, Granada Learning, and Data Centrum Communications. Previously he has served on the Boards of Hemscott plc, Centaur Communications plc, Pepcom GmbH, Berliner Verlag and Clarion plc.