Laird appoints Kevin Dangerfield as CFO

He succeeds Tony Quinlan, who was appointed chief executive officer in September.

Dangerfield spent almost ten years as CFO of Morgan Advanced Materials, with a brief stint as interim chief executive. He is a qualified chartered accountant and a non-executive director of E2V Technologies where he is chairman of the audit committee.

CEO Quinlan said: “I am delighted that Kevin will be joining the team. He is a strong, commercial CFO with broad exposure to a complex global manufacturing business; very relevant experience for Laird. Kevin will complement well the strong leadership team already in place."

Chairman Martin Read said Dangerfield’s “extensive experience as CFO of a geographically diverse technology business is an excellent fit for Laird”.

At 1435 BST, Laird shares were down 1.5% to 317.30p.