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Senior management update
Senior management update.
About this update from Ekf Diagnostics Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8882J EKF Diagnostics Holdings PLC 23 July 2013 \n \n\n23 July 2013\nEKF Diagnostics Holdings plc\n(\"EKF\" or \"the Company\")\n \nSenior management update\n \nEKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM listed point-of-care, central laboratory and molecular diagnostics business, announces that it has made a number of structural changes to the senior management to facilitate the continued growth of the Company.\n \nRichard Evans, Finance Director, will be promoted to Chief Operating Officer, and continues as a Board Director. His new role reflects the de facto responsibility he has assumed for operational issues and his success in driving operational efficiencies across the Company.\n \nPaul Foulger, Company Secretary, will join the Board and take on the role of Interim Finance Director with immediate effect and will do so until a new full-time Finance Director is recruited. Paul previously held the role of Finance Director for EKF up until September 2011 and has an in-depth understanding of the Company. The process of recruitment for a new Finance Director has begun and an update will be provided in due course. Additional disclosures regarding Paul's appointment to the Board are set out at the end of this announcement.\n \nDr. David Corr, Head of Research and Development at EKF, has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer, a non-Board position. David has experience in commercialising new technologies across a number of markets, from designing and scaling the manufacturing of products to the organisation of the supply chain and the provision of products and services through direct sales and licensing.\n \nCommenting, Julian Baines, CEO of EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc, said:\n\"The appointment of Richard as Chief Operating Officer is a natural move given his strong operational understanding of the business and he has already demonstrated his ability to deliver value to shareholders through significant operational improvements across the Company. Paul Foulger with his past experience as Finance Director of the Company is perfectly suited to fulfil the role of Interim Finance Director.\n \n\"David's appointment is an important addition to the EKF Senior Management team and his experience of developing products for commercial success will be vital as we continue to ...