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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Scott Wilson Group plc\n10 September 2007\n\n\n10 September 2007\n\n\n Scott Wilson Group plc\n\n Appointment of Group Finance Director\n\n\nScott Wilson Group plc (\"the Group or \"Scott Wilson\"), the international\nconsultancy offering integrated professional services in the transportation,\nproperty, environment and natural resources sectors, today announces the\nappointment of Sean Cummins as Finance Director Designate.\n\n\nSean, aged 44, will become Group Finance Director on 1st October 2007. From 1999\nto 2007 Sean was the Group Finance Director of Yule Catto & Co plc, a leading\nspeciality chemical company. Sean qualified as a chartered accountant with Price\nWaterhouse (now Price Waterhouse Coopers), before joining Invensys plc where he\nheld a number of roles including UK Finance Director of Hawker Batteries Group\nand Divisional Controller of BTR Power Systems.\n\n\nSean replaces Stephen Kimmett who has resigned from the Board and will leave\nScott Wilson after the handover period to pursue other opportunities. Stephen\njoined the Group in 1997 and subsequently formed part of the team that completed\nScott Wilson's successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange in March 2006.\n\n\nCommenting today, Geoff French, Executive Chairman of Scott Wilson Group plc\nsaid:\n\n\n\"We are delighted to welcome Sean Cummins to the Board. We believe his wealth of\nexperience will prove invaluable in the next stage of the Group's development.\n\n\n\nWe would like to thank Stephen for his significant contribution to Scott Wilson.\nHe has been an integral member of the Main Board and senior leadership team and\nhas helped to build the business before, during and since the company's IPO. We\nwish him well in the next phase of his career.\"\n\n\nFor further information please contact:\n\n\nScott Wilson Group plc www.scottwilson.com\n\nLak Siriwardene, Head of Communications 07824 311762\n\nFinancial Dynamics\n\nCharlie Armitstead 020 7269 7291\n\n\nScott Wilson Group plc\n\n\nScott Wilson Group plc, with over 5,500 members of staff globally, provides\nsustainable, integrated solutions to meet the planning, engineering, management\nand environmental needs of clients across the transportation, property,\nenvironment and natural resources market sectors.\n\n\nThe Group has doubled in size over the past few years and from its UK\nheadqu...