For Immediate Release

Chive Software Strengthens Management Team

Aberdeen, UK (March 2004): Chive Software, a leader in IT Solutions, today is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Bill Whibley as Sales & Marketing Director and Mr Calum McRae as Operations Director.

Mr Bill Whibley joins as Sales & Marketing Director from Amerada Hess where Bill was responsible for overseeing all IT operations and projects for the NW Europe Production, Facilities Engineering and Health, Safety & Environment business units. Mr Bill Whibley said “Chive has built an excellent reputation for its products and services both in the UK and overseas. This is a wonderful opportunity for me to join a dynamic leading edge technology company.”

Mr Calum McRae joins as Operations Director. Calum has over 15 years experience in the IT and Oil and Gas Industries and has reputation of delivering beneficial IT solutions and consultancy to leading global companies. Having worked for Logica and SAIC, his most recent role was as web services manager for Amerada Hess. Mr Calum McRae said “Chive is growing fast and now is an excellent time to join and work with an innovative and knowledgeable team that is focussed on delivering high quality products and services to customers”.

Mark Griffiths, Managing Director of Chive Software said “Having Bill and Calum join the team is a tremendous coup for Chive Software. Bill and Calum have an excellent record in developing and implementing added value IT projects and are a welcome addition to the management team“.

For more information please visit: www.chive.com

About Chive
Chive Software is an established independent IT solution provider based in Scotland. The Chive products group develop and market document creation and manipulation software products. The current flagship product is called Apoc XSL-FO. It is used to render large volumes of structured data into PDF documents. The Chive services group provides a wide range of services that cover the full IT project lifecycle.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Public Relations Officer
Chive Software
Riverside House, Riverside Drive, Aberdeen, AB11 7LH, Scotland
T: +44 (0)1224 224320 F: +44 (0)1224 224301 E: pr@chive.com W: www.chive.com

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