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Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer.
About this update from Ultimate Products Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 7486U\n UP Global Sourcing Holdings PLC\n 07 December 2021\n \n \n \n 7 December 2021\n \n \n UP Global Sourcing Holdings plc\n \"Ultimate Products\" or \"the Group\"\n \n APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER\n \n The Board of Ultimate Products, the owner, manager, designer and developer of an extensive range of value-focused consumer goods brands, is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Dent as Chief Financial Officer (\"CFO\"). Chris will join Ultimate Products on 4 April 2022, on which date he will also join the Group's Board. His appointment follows Graham Screawn's previously announced decision to retire in the second half of 2022.\n \n Chris joins Ultimate Products from Franchise Brands plc, the AIM-listed multi-brand franchise business, where he has been CFO since July 2017. He previously spent four years as Finance Director of 7digital Group plc, the B2B end-to-end digital music solutions business. Chris began his career at Deloitte LLP where he spent 10 years within audit, corporate finance and transactional accounting services. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, and studied History and Economics at the University of Oxford.\n \n James McCarthy, Chairman of Ultimate Products, said:\n \"On behalf of the Board, I am delighted to welcome Chris to Ultimate Products. He has significant accounting and financial experience having been the CFO of two other quoted companies, and we are very pleased to have found such a strong candidate to replace Graham. We look forward to Chris playing a key role in Ultimate Products' ambitious future growth plans.\"\n Chris Dent, incoming CFO, said:\n \"I am thrilled to be joining the outstanding team at Ultimate Products, and I am hugely impressed by the way in which the company has adapted and thrived in such a rapidly-changing market. It is clear to me that the Group's exceptional portfolio of brands, its entrepreneurial spirit and its strong balance sheet leave it exceptionally well placed to achieve sustainable, long-term growth.\" \n \n \n \n \n For more information, please contact:\n \n \n Ultimate Products +44 (0) 161 627 1400\n \n \n Simon Showman, CEO\n \n Andrew Gossage, Managing Director\n Graham Screawn, Finance Director \n \n \n \n \n Shore Cap...