Burberry appoints Fairweather as CFO

Carol Fairweather Replaces Stacey Cartwright at Burberry

London-based luxury fashion group Burberry has announced that chief financial officer Stacey Cartwright will step down from her role. Carol Fairweather has been appointed as her successor. Cartwright will remain CFO until July, when she hands full financial control to Fairweather. more »

Barclays Finance Director Chris Lucas Retires Under fire, Barclays CFO Lucas retires
Thomas Cook Brings Morrisons FD Richard Pennycook On Board Morrisons CFO Pennycook joins Thomas Cook
Imperial Tobacco CFO Bob Dyrbus Retires Imperial Tobacco CFO Bob Dyrbus retires on shaky financials

04.02.13

Under fire, Barclays CFO Lucas retires

Barclays Finance Director Chris Lucas Retires

Barclays today announced that group finance director Chris Lucas plans to retire amidst the Libor investigation into the British bank. Lucas agreed to remain in his role until a replacement has been... more »

Paula Bell to Join John Menzies as Finance Chief
Thomas Cook Brings Morrisons FD Richard Pennycook On Board
Cliff Baty to Replace Steve Cunliffe as Sportech CFO

01.02.13

Paula Bell replaces CFO Dollman at John Menzies

Paula Bell to Join John Menzies as Finance Chief

Airport services and distribution firm John Menzies has announced that Paula Bell will replace Paul Dollman as the company’s finance chief. Bell brings a growth-oriented track record to her new... more »

Thomas Cook Brings Morrisons FD Richard Pennycook On Board
Cliff Baty to Replace Steve Cunliffe as Sportech CFO
SAP CFO Werner Brandt Sitting Pretty Coming into Final Year

Morrisons CFO Pennycook joins Thomas Cook

01.02.13

Thomas Cook Brings Morrisons FD Richard Pennycook On Board

Outgoing finance director of UK supermarket chain Morrisons, Richard Pennycook, has been scooped up by Thomas Cook. The travel operator has offered him a position as an independent non-executive director starting on 1 April. more »

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Morrison CFO Pennycook to Step Down Morrison Supermarkets need new CFO
Healy Comes on Board Thomas Cook CFO resigns

Sportech hires Baty as new finance chief

01.02.13

Cliff Baty to Replace Steve Cunliffe as Sportech CFO

Sportech, a UK-based multinational operator and supplier of pools and tote betting, has appointed Cliff Baty as its new chief financial officer. He will replace Steve Cunliffe in May. more »

Anne-Francoise Nesmes Joins Dechra Pharma as Finance Chief Dechra names Anne-Francoise Nesmes new CFO...
Imperial Tobacco CFO Bob Dyrbus Retires Imperial Tobacco CFO Bob Dyrbus retires on shaky financials
Central European Distribution Corp Names Ryan Lee CFO Ryan Lee new Central European Distribution CFO

Dechra names Anne-Francoise Nesmes new CFO

31.01.13

Anne-Francoise Nesmes Joins Dechra Pharma as Finance Chief

International veterinary pharmaceuticals company Dechra Pharmaceuticals has today announced that it will hand financial authority to Anne-Francoise Nesmes. She joins from GlaxoSmithKline, where she currently works as senior vice president of vaccines finance. Nesmes will start her assignment as... more »

CPL Resources Recruits New CFO, Josephine Tierney Leaving CFO Josephine Tierney leaves CPL
FD Simon Evans Leaves Dechra Dechra looking for new finance director
Merck Warns of Exit from Portugal Euro zone periphery slow in paying drug bills

Imperial Tobacco CFO Bob Dyrbus retires on shaky financials

30.01.13

Imperial Tobacco CFO Bob Dyrbus Retires

Imperial Tobacco finance chief Bob Dyrbus has announced his intention to retire. The CFO of the UK tobacco corporation has been an executive with the company for 25 years, and has been its finance director since the company was first listed in 1996. After an underwhelming fourth quarter, the company... more »

CPL Resources Recruits New CFO, Josephine Tierney Leaving CFO Josephine Tierney leaves CPL
Central European Distribution Corp Names Ryan Lee CFO Ryan Lee new Central European Distribution CFO
Endemol Group Promotes Edwin van Es to CFO Endemol finance director gets on management board

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EnQuest CFO Swinney Issues First Industrial Retail Bond

Oil production company EnQuest, a FTSE 250 constituent, has become the first industrial company to tap the UK's thriving retail bond market. Priced at 5.5%, the bond provides CFO Jonathan Swinney with unsecured, long term liquidity to finance the technologically challenging oil extraction activities at the bottom of the North Sea.

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Shareholders Force Restraint upon CFOs

Many financial executives in the UK will have to do without a major pay raise this year. According to a new survey by PwC, base pay and bonus freezes are amongst the disillusioning remuneration trends for 2013. Remuneration committees seem to have taken fright at last year's shareholder rebellions.

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