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IG Design Group plc

  • Market Cap (£m) 143.5
  • Listing AIM

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Company Description

IG Design Group is a global company that designs, manufactures and distributes products to help customers celebrate life's special occasions. Its product offering comprises five main categories: Celebrations (gift wrap, crackers, bags and cards), Gifting, Stationery, Craft & Creative Play and Not-for-resale consumables (mainly paper bags for retailers). The group produces both own design and licensed product. IG Design works with more than 10,000 customers globally and its products are stocked in more than 200,000 retail outlets in over 80 countries.

Investment Summary

IG Design is a customer-focused, industry leading operator in what remains a very fragmented global market. The group therefore has significant opportunities to grow, both organically and through acquisition. Acquisitions deliver either increased scale in existing categories, or new product categories and/or new retail customers, which can be leveraged across the wider group, driving further operating efficiencies. The significant Impact and CSS acquisitions have been swiftly and successfully integrated, delivering synergy benefits ahead of target and schedule. The group's three strategic pillars to deliver sales and profit growth are working with retail winners, design & innovation and efficiency & scale. The group's experienced management team has a strategic and focused approach to delivering increased shareholder value with clearly defined and quantified Key Performance Indicators.

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Company Management Team

  • Paul Bal

    CEO

    Paul joined the Board on 1 May 2022 as Chief Financial Officer and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2023. Paul joined the Board from Stock Spirits plc, where he was CFO since 2017. Paul was instrumental in the turnaround of the then LSE-listed group, leveraging his experience in the management of a complex portfolio of over 70 brands selling across 50 markets. Qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales in 1993 and a Fellow since 2005, Paul has had an international career. He held global and regional management roles within British American Tobacco plc, Rothmans International Limited and the Tupperware Brands Corporation, Inc. before joining Stock Spirits plc.

  • Rohan Cummings

    Chief Financial Officer

    Rohan joined as Chief Financial Officer on 3 July 2023. Rohan joins from Devro plc (which was until recently listed on the LSE) where he has been the group’s CFO since 2020. During his tenure, Rohan was instrumental in the delivery of revenue growth and increased profitability. Prior to joining Devro, Rohan was Chief Financial Officer of Asahi International, part of Asahi Group Holdings, the Japanese listed beverage and food group. Between 2002 and 2016 Rohan held a range of international finance roles with SABMiller culminating as CFO of Birra Peroni in 2014. He played an important role in the carve out of the businesses acquired by Asahi Group in 2016 as part of the ABInbev acquisition of SABMiller. Rohan is a Chartered Accountant has a MBA and brings to the Board a broad finance and international background. Rohan is a commercially focused finance leader with a track record of making significant contributions to successful growth initiatives.

Key Dates

Oct 2020
19th
Q2 TU
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Nov 2020
24th
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Jan 2021
25th
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Apr 2021
20th
Q4 TU
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Jun 2021
15th
Finals
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Aug 2021
24th
Q1 TU
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Sep 2021
20th
AGM
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Oct 2021
26th
Q2 TU
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Nov 2021
23rd
Interims
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Jan 2022
26th
Q3 TU
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Apr 2022
27th
Q4 TU
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Jun 2022
28th
Finals
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Sep 2022
22nd
AGM
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Oct 2022
20th
Q2 TU
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Nov 2022
30th
Interims
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Apr 2023
20th
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Jun 2023
20th
Finals
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Sep 2023
14th
AGM
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Oct 2023
25th
Q2 TU
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Nov 2023
30th
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Apr 2024
20th
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Jun 2024
20th
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Sep 2024
14th
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