This week's people and moves
Job to die for: group finance director
Job to die for: group finance director
Job of the week goes to Arthur Milton, who has been
appointed to the board as group finance director at Highway Insurance
Holdings. He will report to executive chairman Richard Gamble. Milton has
over 25 years experience in the insurance and investment sectors, with roles
such as UK FD of GE Employers Reinsurance, as well as senior level interim
assignments with Norwich Union, BNP Paribas Securities Services and Millfield
Group.
Liz Bingham from Ernst & Young has been
promoted and will head the London corporate restructuring practice. Bingham, who
joined the firm in 1986, is a licensed insolvency practitioner and specialises
in helping clients exit from non-core businesses. Bingham also leads the firm’s
liquidations and strategic exit routes group.
Phil Chadwick has been promoted to client services director
in the recovery and reorganisation practice at Grant Thornton. Chadwick
said: ‘Given that personal insolvencies are at an all-time high, and we are
turning into a nation of buy-now, pay later consumers, it is essential that we
are able to respond to the increase in demand for such services.’
Jonathan Glenn is to take up the position of group finance
director at Bespak, the manufacturers of speciality medical devices.
Glenn, who was previously chief financial officer at Akubio, the instrumentation
developer for the life sciences industry, takes over from Martin Hopcroft.
Hopcroft leaves the company to pursue other interests.
Mark Lee has been recruited to the position of group finance
director of Radstone Technology, the developer of battlefield computer
systems. Lee, previously finance director at Victoria the carpet maker, replaces
Kevin Boyd.