The former deputy CFO of BAA, Lynn Fordham, had been appointed finance director at private equity investor and fund manager SVG Capital.

Fordham will take up the position at the beginning of July, following a time at Barratt Developments in an interim position in M&A, integration and strategy, and will also be proposed to the board as an executive director at the 2009 agm.

With over 20 years of financial experience, the 44-year old has also held positions as deputy chief financial officer and director of business assurance of BAA, senior audit and risk positions at Boots and Chubb and has also worked at British-American Tobacco and Mobil Oil. Fordham qualified as an accountant with Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Co.