CFO Moves UK – week ending 26 April 2013

Prudential plc announced that Jackie Hunt joins the company as Chief Executive, Prudential UK and Europe and to the Board of Prudential plc. Jackie joins Prudential from Standard Life plc where she was Chief Financial Officer and prior to joining Standard Life in 2009, held a number of senior leadership roles.

Standard Life plc announced that Jackie Hunt has resigned as Chief Financial Officer and as a Board director. She will take up the position of CEO, Prudential UK & Europe.

Zurich appointed Neil Freshwater as chief financial officer for its general insurance and shared services business in the UK. Freshwater joins from Catlin Group where he was the UK CFO, having previously worked at Aviva, Swiss Re and Laurentian Life.

Omnifone announced the appointment of David Finch as chief financial officer. David was part of the management team that demerged O2 from British Telecom in 2001. David was also instrumental in managing the sale of O2 to Telefónica in 2006. David joins Omnifone following a period of retirement which he embarked on in 2007 after the completion of the acquisition. David replaces the previous chief financial officer, Matthew Bagley.

French Connection Group PLC announced that Roy Naismith has decided to step down from the Board of French Connection and ceased to serve as Group Finance Director.

InfraStrata plc announced that Craig Gouws has tendered his resignation as CFO of the Company. Mr Gouws, who joined the Board in July 2007, is planning on moving overseas in the Autumn at the end of his notice period.

Ophir Energy PLC announced that Lisa Mitchell, Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed as Executive Director to the Board. Lisa was appointed CFO in January 2012 and started with Ophir as Group Financial Controller. Lisa’s previous roles included CFO at Pan Pacific Petroleum NL and CFO at GCM Resources plc. Lisa began her career with Mobil Oil Australia.

CFO Moves UK – week ending 19 April 2013

Channel 4 announced that Glyn Isherwood, currently Finance Director, has been appointed as Group Finance Director and will now join the Executive Team.

The Co-operative Bank plc announced the appointment of John Baines to the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer for the Co-operative Banking Group with immediate effect.

Bumi Plc announced that Chief Financial Officer Scott Merrillees will resign in June. The company has started a search to replace him. Merrillees, who is based in Indonesia, will remain CFO of the company’s PT Berau Coal Energy (BRAU) unit, the Asian country’s fifth-largest coal producer. Merrillees will step down on June 26, the date of Bumi’s annual general meeting.

The Ospreys [Llandarcy Park (Ospreys) Ltd.] announced that Tyrone Davies, the chief finance officer of Creditsafe, has joined the board as non-executive director. Davies is the chief finance officer of one of Europe’s largest financial information providers has joined the board of the holding company of professional rugby region the Ospreys. Prior to joining Creditsafe in 2008, he held the post of European chief finance director at Infonxx. Previous posts include Commercial director at RAC Software Solutions PLC and as an audit expert with Deloitte.

Globus announced that Andrew Morris has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Andy was previously a Director of Corporate Finance and an M&A specialist at Ernst and Young’s Manchester office.

Filtrona plc announced the appointment of Stefan Schellinger as Corporate Development Director. Stefan joins Filtrona from Gilbarco Veeder Root, part of the Danaher Corporation, where he held the position of Finance Director – Emerging Markets from 2011, having initially joined the Danaher Corporation as Director, Corporate Development – Europe in 2005. Prior to this, Stefan had a five year career in Investment Banking at JP Morgan.

City of London Investment Group PLC announced that Valerie Tannahill, Finance Director, has resigned from the board.