4th Dec 2018 08:32
LONDON (Alliance News) - Sage Group PLC on Tuesday said it has appointed Non-Executive Director Jonathan Howell as chief financial officer, starting on Monday next week.
The accounting software developer said that Howell will cease to be a non-executive director on commencement of his executive role. Howell has been on Sage board since 2013.
Howell most recently was finance director for merchant bank Close Brothers Group PLC for 10 years. He formerly was CFO of London Stock Exchange Group PLC. Donald Brydon is chairman of both Sage and LSE.
Howell replaces Steve Hare, who was promoted to chief executive officer back in November.
Sage has commenced a process to appoint a new independent non-executive director.
Shares in the company were trading 0.1% lower at 578.60 pence each Tuesday morning.
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