Posted 14th May 2012

New finance chief for FirstGroup

FirstGroup has announced the appointment of Chris Surch as group finance director. He is expected to take up his post on 1 September.

He will be moving to First from Shanks Group, where he has been group finance director since May 2009. Before joining Shanks he occupied senior financial posts at Smiths Group and TI Group. A qualified accountant, he began his career at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.