Ivan Bartolo has been appointed 6pm Holdings plc’s new chief executive officer with effect from December 1 as the company announced a restructuring of the board of directors and some management team changes.
Peter Bugeja, who has been director of 6pm Ltd since 2006, has been named chief operations officer. Kevin Farrugia has been appointed chief financial officer.
Mr Bartolo takes over the reins from Alan West-Robinson who has been at the helm of the IT solutions company for the last four years and steered it successfully through the difficult times that the last couple of years have posed, 6 pm said. Mr West-Robinson will now be assuming the role of non-executive director. The company said he was behind many of the relationships and partnerships that have contributed to the success and unprecedented levels of growth 6pm achieved between 2004 and 2006.
Over the last two years he has been applauded mainly for his ability to defy the external pressures that have taken so many small, under-capitalised organisations in the UK out of business.
“There is now a pressing need to breathe new life into our business and take maximum advantage of the business assets and intellectual property we have built over the last couple of years as the climate begins to recover. Ivan is undoubtedly the man for the CEO role; his business creativity and entrepreneurship is without question,” Mr West-Robinson said.
The board of directors have been working on a three-year business plan for 6pm Holdings plc for the last five months. The plan has recently been approved and endorsed by business advisors and will come into effect in January.
The 6pm board believes that the restructuring is appropriate to streamline the company’s management to take the company to the next level of development.
“Business growth is at the heart of the 6pm business plan. Our mandate is to become a solid ICT provider in the UK, Malta and at least another two markets within the next three years. We have a strong team in place and with the support of Steve Wightman who has made incredible inroads into the public sector markets in the UK, together with his continual tenacity, inexhaustible energy and optimism, I am really excited about the prospects and what the future holds for 6pm,” Ivan Bartolo said.
6pm specialises in information management, business intelligence and document management. 6pm Holdings plc floated on the Malta Stock Exchange in September 2007.