IMI gets new finance chief

23rd Sep 2014 08:11

Engineering group IMI on Tuesday announced a new finance chief to replace Douglas Hurt, who is retiring.IMI, which makes fluid control technology for a range of industrial uses, said 47-year-old Daniel Shook would take over from finance director Hurt early in 2015 after joining the board on 1 January.Shook is currently chief financial officer and a member of the executive board at international chemical and plastics producer Borealis.Before joining Borealis in 2007, he spent 12 years at industrial gases group BOC, where he served in a number of senior finance and management roles including finance director of the industrial & special products division and group treasurer.IMI chief executive Mark Selway said: "His skills and expertise will be of great benefit as we work to double IMI's 2014 operating profits in the next five years."