CFO Moves UK – week ending 13 September 2013
Fircroft announced that Stuart Hall has been named CFO. Hall joins after a short stint as director at Consilia Partners. He was the CFO of Pace from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, he was the CFO of Cardiff-based IQE from 2003 to 2007. Hall has also held finance roles at Energis, WBF Ltd, Carnography and Race Electronics.
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC announced that Oliver Tant, formerly Vice Chairman of KPMG and Chairman of KPMG’s Client Council, will succeed Bob Dyrbus as Finance Director. Oliver will be appointed to the Board on 1 October and will be appointed Finance Director on 5 November, when Bob will step down from the Board before retiring from the business on 31 December.Oliver has held a number of senior positions at KPMG during a highly successful career, including Global Managing Director of the Private Equity Division and Head of UK Audit. He was also a member of the UK Board of KPMG.
ServicePower Technologies has promoted its CFO Marne Martin to CEO. Martin, who was hired as CFO in January, replaces Mark Duffin. Martin was made interim CFO in July. Prior to joining ServicePower Technologies earlier this year, Martin was the CFO of Norcon. Prior to her role at Norcon, Martin held various positions, including that of president, at East West Resources Corp from 1996 to 2007.
Tesco appointed former Reed Elsevier CFO Mark Armour as a non-executive Director. Armour joined Reed Elsevier in 1995, rising to the office of CFO by the time he left in 2012. Armour is also a non-executive director of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and brewer SABMiller. At the latter, he is also the chairman of the audit committee.
Corero Network Security plc (AIM: CNS) announced the appointment of Andrew Miller as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, having previously been Group Chief Operating Officer.
Wishbone Gold Plc announced the non-Board appointment of Clive Hyman as Group Chief Financial Officer, with immediate effect, replacing Jonathan Harrison who will remain a director of the Company in a Non-Executive capacity. Clive Hyman was a partner with KPMG in their London office, where he was a founding partner of KPMG’s Transaction Services businesses. In addition, Clive was a founding partner of the private equity group. He left the firm in 2005 to found his own consultancy business and was interim CEO/CFO for Nick and Chris Candy of Candy and Candy in 2005. He was Group CFO of a healthcare business from July 2010 to August 2011 and became a Non-Executive and independent board member of Petrol Ofisi SA in April 2012. He became a consultant to Black Swan PLC in April 2013 and in addition has been the Wishbone Gold PLC financial controller since that date.
Ultrasis PLC announced that Penny Tembra, who joined the Company in 2004, has been appointed to the board as Executive Director of Finance. Penny Walters Tembra is currently a director of both Utopia Valley Ltd and Trimantic Ltd.
Fircroft announced that Stuart Hall has been named CFO. Hall joins after a short stint as director at Consilia Partners. He was the CFO of Pace from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, he was the CFO of Cardiff-based IQE from 2003 to 2007. Hall has also held finance roles at Energis, WBF Ltd, Carnography and Race Electronics.
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC announced that Oliver Tant, formerly Vice Chairman of KPMG and Chairman of KPMG’s Client Council, will succeed Bob Dyrbus as Finance Director. Oliver will be appointed to the Board on 1 October and will be appointed Finance Director on 5 November, when Bob will step down from the Board before retiring from the business on 31 December.Oliver has held a number of senior positions at KPMG during a highly successful career, including Global Managing Director of the Private Equity Division and Head of UK Audit. He was also a member of the UK Board of KPMG.
ServicePower Technologies has promoted its CFO Marne Martin to CEO. Martin, who was hired as CFO in January, replaces Mark Duffin. Martin was made interim CFO in July. Prior to joining ServicePower Technologies earlier this year, Martin was the CFO of Norcon. Prior to her role at Norcon, Martin held various positions, including that of president, at East West Resources Corp from 1996 to 2007.
Tesco appointed former Reed Elsevier CFO Mark Armour as a non-executive Director. Armour joined Reed Elsevier in 1995, rising to the office of CFO by the time he left in 2012. Armour is also a non-executive director of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and brewer SABMiller. At the latter, he is also the chairman of the audit committee.
Corero Network Security plc (AIM: CNS) announced the appointment of Andrew Miller as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, having previously been Group Chief Operating Officer.
Wishbone Gold Plc announced the non-Board appointment of Clive Hyman as Group Chief Financial Officer, with immediate effect, replacing Jonathan Harrison who will remain a director of the Company in a Non-Executive capacity. Clive Hyman was a partner with KPMG in their London office, where he was a founding partner of KPMG’s Transaction Services businesses. In addition, Clive was a founding partner of the private equity group. He left the firm in 2005 to found his own consultancy business and was interim CEO/CFO for Nick and Chris Candy of Candy and Candy in 2005. He was Group CFO of a healthcare business from July 2010 to August 2011 and became a Non-Executive and independent board member of Petrol Ofisi SA in April 2012. He became a consultant to Black Swan PLC in April 2013 and in addition has been the Wishbone Gold PLC financial controller since that date.
Ultrasis PLC announced that Penny Tembra, who joined the Company in 2004, has been appointed to the board as Executive Director of Finance. Penny Walters Tembra is currently a director of both Utopia Valley Ltd and Trimantic Ltd.
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