Sondrel Holdings Ltd (SND.JPJ) announces appointment of Mark Julio as new CFO | 01.11.24

1st November 2024

SND.JPJ

ISIN: GB00BJN54579

Sondrel announces
Mark Julio as new CFO

Reading UK – November 1, 2024. Sondrel, a leading technology company delivering ultra-complex, custom chips for leading global technology brands, today announced that Mark Julio will become the group’s new Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2024.

Oliver Jones, CEO of Sondrel, said: “I am delighted that Mark is joining Sondrel. His years of experience as CFO will be invaluable to Sondrel as we move forward and realize the enormous potential that Sondrel has to become an even bigger player in the market.”

Mark Julio added: “I look forward to working closely with Ollie and the rest of the Sondrel team. Sondrel has built an excellent reputation over the past 20 years as one of the pioneers in leading edge design for ultra-complex, custom chips, which innovators need at the heart of their next generation devices. Exciting times ahead!”

Julio has more than 24 years of financial experience, including working at private equity portfolio companies. He is an FCA (Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and a CFA Charterholder (CFA Institute, USA). He joins Sondrel from Isle, where he held the position of Group CFO, was part of the senior leadership team and served on the group board. Isle is a global innovation consultancy specializing in the development and commercialization of emerging technologies in the water and environmental sectors. Isle was backed by Palatine Private Equity and held within Impact Fund II. Isle operated worldwide with offices in 8 countries and almost 100 consultants.

Before joining Isle, Mark worked at ICAS World, where he also held the position of Group CFO. ICAS was also a private equity backed company and operates in more than 150 countries around the world with offices in 18 countries. The company was a global provider of workplace mental health care and its customers included many Fortune 500 companies, parastatals and SMEs. Mark was a board member of the holding company and many of the operating companies, as well as a member of the group audit committee and the group risk committee. Mark also sat on the group’s executive committee.

Before joining ICAS, Mark held positions in financial services including banking and asset management, working at HSBC Global Markets, Barings Asset management, Ignis Asset Management and Sarasin and Partners.

About Sondrel

Sondrel is a UK-based fabless semiconductor company specializing in high-performance, ultra-complex, custom digital Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and System on Chips (SOCs). It offers a complete turnkey service in design, prototyping, testing, packaging and manufacturing of ASICs and SoCs.

The company is one of the few companies capable of designing and delivering higher specification chips, built on the most advanced semiconductor technologies, and selling them into a range of hyper-growth end markets such as high-performance computing, automotive, artificial intelligence, VR / AR, video analysis, image processing, mobile networks and data centers. Sondrel designs have powered products from leading technology brands including Apple (iPhone), Sony (PlayStation), Meta’s (Oculus), Samsung, Google and Sony smartphones, JVC (prosumer camcorders), Tesla and Mercedes-Benz cars.

Sondrel is well-reputed, with a 20-year track record of successful delivery, supported by long-standing ecosystem partnerships including Arm, TSMC and Samsung. Sondrel is headquartered in the UK and has a global presence with offices in the UK, US, India and Morocco.

For more information, visit www.sondrel.com

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