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    Micro Focus appoints former Morse boss to CFO role

    Micro Focus appoints former Morse boss to CFO role

    Mike Phillips takes up CFO role at Micro Focus on 4 October, replacing Nick Bray

    Author Date published September 7, 2010 Categories

    Software modernization specialist Micro Focus has appointed the former chief
    executive of IT Service supplier Morse as its new CFO.

    Mike Phillips will take up the position of chief financial officer on 4
    October, replacing Nick Bray who left in July to move to a rival business. Prior
    to his CEO role at Morse, Phillips had been group finance director at the same
    company and FD at Microgen before that.

    Phillips has also worked in corporate finance for Smith & Williamson and
    led the UK technology team at PwC for two years

    Further reading:

    Micro Focus places CFO Nick Bray on gardening leave

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