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Burford appoints Chief Accounting Officer
Burford appoints Chief Accounting Officer.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8346D Burford Capital 05 February 2018 \n\n5 February 2018\n \n \nBURFORD APPOINTS CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER\n \nBurford Capital Limited (\"Burford\" or \"the Company\"), a leading global finance and investment management firm focused on law, is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Utley ACA as Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Utley will be based in Burford's New York office.\n \nMr. Utley was previously a Managing Director at Barclays where he spent 11 years in a variety of senior accounting roles, including Head of Technical Accounting for the Americas and Head of Product Control Valuation for the Americas. He led the technical accounting and product control teams at Barclays which looked after the firm's legacy assets that were impacted by the financial crisis. These included structured products, private equity and real estate. Before Barclays, Mr. Utley spent eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, rising to the level of Director, with a particular focus on complex accounting in the financial sector. He has a degree from Bradford University and is an English-qualified Chartered Accountant.\n \nMr. Utley joins Burford's 12-person finance and accounting organization and will continue to develop its industry-leading approach to controls, financial structuring and technical accounting in this emerging asset class.\n \n \nFor further information, please contact:\n \n\n\n\n\nBurford Capital Limited\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth O'Connell, CFA, Chief Financial Officer\n\n\n+1 212 235 6825\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMacquarie Capital (Europe) Limited - NOMAD and Joint Broker\n\n\n+44 (0)20 3037 2000\n\n\n\n\nJonny Allison\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNicholas Harland\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiberum Capital Limited - Joint Broker\n\n\n+44 (0)20 3100 2222\n\n\n\n\nRichard Crawley\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJamie Richards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNumis Securities Limited - Joint Broker\n\n\n+44 (0)20 7260 1000\n\n\n\n\nCharlie Farquhar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarry Trueman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNeustria Partners - Financial Communications for Burford Capital\n\n\n+44 (0)20 3021 2580\n\n\n\n\nRobert Bailhache [email] &...