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Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer
Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer.
About this update from Activeops Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n 28 March 2023\n \n \n \n \n ActiveOps plc\n \n \n \n (\"ActiveOps\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ActiveOps plc (AIM:\n AOM\n ), a leading provider of Management Process Automation (MPA) software for running hybrid and global back-office operations, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Smith as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1st May 2023.\n \n \n Ken is a chartered accountant and accomplished CFO, with over 30 years of executive level experience in both publicly listed and private companies, with a specialism in the development and expansion of technology companies. Prior roles include CFO and part-time Chair of Memset Limited, a privately-held, cloud computing business, CFO and subsequently CEO of Clarity Commerce Solutions plc, a UK based AIM-listed software group and Group CFO of Alphameric plc.\n \n \n Further to the announcement on 16 December 2022, current CFO, Paddy Deller, will step down from the Board on the 1st of May 2023 and will remain with the business until 31st May 2023, to ensure an orderly handover.\n \n \n \n Sean Finnan, Chairman, commented:\n \n \n \"We are delighted to welcome Ken to the ActiveOps team. Ken's CFO skills and extensive experience with growing technology businesses matched our criteria for a leadership team focussed on our growth trajectory. \n \n \n \n \n On behalf of the Board and the wider Company, I would like to thank Paddy for his commitment to the Group. He was instrumental in implementing stable finance systems and the work that led to our successful IPO. We wish him well for the next stage of his career.\"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Schedule Two paragraph (g) disclosures:\n \n \n \n \n \n Kenneth Ronald Smith (65 years old) has been a director or partner of the following companies during the five years preceding the date of the announcement:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Current directorships and/or partnerships: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Past directorships and/or partnerships:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lumino Business Insight Limited \n \n \n \n \n Memset Ltd\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lumi-Plugin Ltd\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n There is no further information required to be disclosed under Rule 17 or paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the A...