International Personal Finance appoints CFO

20th Nov 2013 07:21

International Personal Finance (IPF) has appointed Adrian Gardner as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from January 2nd 2014.David Broadbent, who has been Finance Director since the company was listed in 2007, will become Chief Commercial Officer at the same time as Gardner begins his role. Garden has worked as CFO for RSM Tenon and PA Consulting Group and as Managing Director of Lazard. He will be responsible for IPF's finance, treasury, investor relations and legal services and he will be a member of the Executive Committee.Broadbent will remain a member of the board and will take on responsibility for the transformation of the company's home credit business, leading the technology and customer service teams as well as having responsibility for its merger and acquisitions. Chief Executive Officer, Gerard Ryan said: "These changes are a reflection of the positive momentum in our business. Adrian will bring a wealth of new experience and proven business acumen to us at a very exciting point in our development and Dave's unrivalled knowledge of the business will help us to effectively transform our already successful business into one that is ready for the challenges of tomorrow."RD