Young & Co's appoints Daniel Quint as interim CFO

Pub chain Young & Co's has appointed Daniel Quint as its interim chief financial officer.

The company said on Friday that Quint - an experienced private and public company CFO with more than 10 years' board level experience - will join the group on an interim basis while the board gets on with the process of appointing a permanent CFO.

Quint was most recently CFO at energy, safety and environment solutions provider Spie UK. Prior to that, he was finance director for the UK, Middle East and Africa at recruitment consultancy Robert Walters between 2010 and 2015.

Chief executive Patrick Dardis said: "I am pleased to welcome Daniel to Young’s. He brings with him the necessary skills and experience to lead our finance function while we progress the search for a permanent chief financial officer."

At 1530 GMT, the shares were down 0.5% to 1,478p.