ADVFN shareholders to vote on appointment of Anthony Wollenberg, Amit Tauman
The Board of ADVFN announces that a General Meeting will be held at Conference Room, Essex Technology Centre, The Gables, Fyfield Road, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0GA at 11.30 a.m. on Friday 29 April 2022 for the purposes of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions which will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions:
- 1. Anthony Wollenberg is appointed a director of the Company.
- 2. Amit Tauman is appointed a director of the Company.
- 3. Lord David Gold is appointed a director of the Company.
Mr Anthony Wollenberg
Anthony Wollenberg is an independent freelance solicitor (regulated by the SRA) specialising in securities, derivatives, gaming and the prosecution of fraud. During a long and distinguished legal career of over 45 years, Mr Wollenberg has held a number of senior roles at firms including Dentons, Salans and Rakisons (which he founded and which merged with Steptoe & Johnson). He has also acted as an arbitrator at the London Court of International Arbitration.
In addition to his role as a solicitor, Mr Wollenberg has a significant corporate profile as a shareholder and director (and often founder and chairman) of a number of companies (one fully listed), predominantly within the betting/gaming industry. Of particular note, he is a founder shareholder and UK director of eToro, a major investment platform which is currently the subject of a US$8bn+ Nasdaq listing. eToro is regulated by the FCA and Mr Wollenberg is also regulated by the UK Gambling Commission.
Mr Amit Tauman
Amit Tauman (born in 1991) is an expert in artificial intelligence, reinforcement learning, algorithms and blockchain technology (applied to non-fungible tokens). He undertook a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and economics at Tel Aviv University, graduating in 2018 with distinction, following which he obtained an M.Sc. degree in mathematics and computer science (also with distinction) from the Weizmann Institute of Technology in Israel, with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligence.
Mr Tauman was previously a research analyst focusing on biological computation and machine learning, and he is currently involved in building complex trading models using deep reinforcement learning and cutting-edge algorithms for automated stock trading.
Lord David Gold
Lord Gold is an English solicitor (admitted in 1975); a member of the House of Lords (since February 2011); Principal of David Gold & Associates (established in 2010) and Director of Gold Collins Associates (established in 2018); Chairman of the investment committee of Balance Legal Capital, a litigation funder (since its inception in 2015); and Chairman of ESCP Europe Business School (since 2018). He was also appointed as a corporate monitor by the US Department of Justice in respect of BAE Systems in 2010-2012, and has been a monitor for the UK Cabinet Office in respect of the Airbus Group since 2020.
The Meeting is being convened pursuant to a letter received from Mr Yair Tauman on 26 January 2022 in which Mr Yair Tauman requested that ADVFN convene a general meeting under section 303 of the Companies Act, to consider the proposals that Mr Chambers be removed from his office as a director of ADVFN and Messrs Anthony Wollenberg, Amit Tauman and Lord David Gold be appointed as directors of the Company.