UK | CFO Moves - week ending January 24 2014

Aviva plc announces that Pat Regan, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Group in June to join QBE as its Chief Financial Officer based in Sydney Australia.

Dialight plc announced that Kevin Higginson has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Kevin was most recently Chief Financial Officer of AEA Technology Group plc, where he served between 2011 and 2012. He has previously been Group Finance Director of Low & Bonar plc (2006 – 2010) and BSS Group plc (2001 – 2006). Between 1987 and 2001 Kevin worked in a variety of roles for Hazelwood Foods plc, including Group Finance Director and Group Chief Executive.

Rangers International Football Club plc announced that Brian Stockbridge is leaving the Company and has resigned as Finance Director of the Company and its subsidiaries.

Norman Broadbent plc announced that Ben Felton, a Board Director and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has advised the Board that he will be resigning with effect from 30 March 2014 to take up a senior position in a larger organisation.

1pm (AIM: OPM) announced the appointment to the Board of Ian Smith as Non-Executive Chairman, effective from 1st February 2014. Ian is currently Chief Financial Officer of Q Chip Limited and a non-executive director of SmartKem Limited. Previously, Ian was a member of the management team which successfully sold UDEX Limited on behalf of 3i plc in 2006. He was also Finance Director of Surface Technology Systems plc, subsequently leading the business as Chief Executive through the technology sector downturn from 2001 to 2003. Prior to that Ian was Group Finance Director to LSE-listed UK Safety Plc.

Bioquell PLC (LSE: BQE) announced that it has appointed Michael Roller to be its new Group Finance Director. Mr Roller has previously been Finance Director of a number of quoted companies, most recently Corin Group plc, and is a non-executive director of Filtronic plc. Michael Roller will start work with the Group on 10 February 2014 and will formally assume the role of Group Finance Director on 18 March, following the announcement of the Group’s preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2013.

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