Global Shares announces two new Directors

Global Shares announces two new Board Members

Global Shares PLC (the
'Company'), a leading provider of global share plan administration and
consulting services, is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Gerard
Flood to
replace Mr. Ron Bolger and the addition of Mr. Anthony Kirwan to the
Board of
Global Shares Plc. Richard Hayes, Chairman, states "Global Shares
continues to
grow in the midst of a major economic crisis. I know both Gerard and
Tony can
make valuable contributions to the company as we continue our focus to
grow
internationally."

 

Gerard Flood was until May
2009 a Partner in the KPMG Irish Practice for 25 years and Chairman of
its
Corporate Finance division. Throughout his career Gerard advised Public
and
Private companies, State and Semi State organisations in Merger and
Acquisition
activity, Fund raising, Project Finance, Corporate and Financial
structuring
and Strategy determination. Gerard was also an executive member of the
KPMG
Corporate Finance, Europe, Middle East and Africa Board which focused on
the
development of KPMG's involvement in cross border M&A and Project
Finance
assignments.

 

Anthony (Tony) Kirwan is a Corporate
Lawyer of some 20 years experience with the Dublin-based law firm,
Beauchamps,
and the Executive Director of The Law Firm Network since 1994. The
members of
The Law Firm Network are substantial corporate law firms and
International Tax
and Trust houses, located in about 35 countries. Mr. Kirwan has an LL.B.
and a
Moderatorship in Legal Science from Trinity College, Dublin and holds
Masters
Degrees in Business Administration from Columbia Business School, New
York, and
in Journalism from the Pulitzer School of Journalism at Columbia
University.

 

Gerard and Tony will be joining
Non-Executive Directors Richard Hayes, Andy Rogers, Roy Bukstein and
Maoiliosa
O'Culachain as well as Executive Directors Carine Schneider and Tim
Houstoun.

 

Tony Kirwan states, ""I
have believed in and supported Global Shares and its' founders from the
outset.
I hope that I may be able to assist the management with its worldwide
expansion through the arena of global networking in which I operate."

New legislation and changes
in financial reporting obligations combined with zero tolerance of
corporate
governance breaches have led to a dramatic increase in the demand for
professional expertise in the market for stock plan administration and
related
consulting services.  To service
this market, the Company has put together a strong management team with
several
key appointments of people with established track records in global
markets for
the provision of stock plan administration and consultancy services. The
Company has established operations in San Francisco, New York, London,
and
Shanghai with the main administration centre located in West Cork,
Ireland.  The Company currently
employs 45 people worldwide and supports clients in 15 countries on 5
continents.


Inquiries:

Carine
Schneider, Global Shares, cschneider@globalshares.com