Kath Kearney-Croft tapped for role of Learning Technologies' CFO

Digital education and talent management company Learning Technologies announced the appointment of Katharina ‘Kath’ Kearney-Croft as its new chief financial officer on Tuesday, with immediate effect.

The AIM-traded firm said Kearney-Croft was previously Interim CFO at SIG, and had held a number of financial leadership roles through her career including at the Vitec Group, where she was group finance director, as well as at Rexam and the BOC Group.

It said Neil Elton was stepping down as CFO to pursue other interests, but would remain in a full-time advisory role until the end of the year, and on the board until 1 December, at which time Kearney-Croft would join the board of directors.

“I am delighted to welcome Kath to LTG, bringing a strong depth of public company experience in senior finance roles from a range of diversified industries with operations across international markets,” said chairman Andrew Brode.

“Kath's appointment is a signal of the talent LTG is able to attract at the very senior levels as we look to capitalise on the value-creation opportunities from recent acquisitions.”

At 1033 GMT, shares in Learning Technologies Group were down 1.83% at 188.2p.