As we head into the new year, Ontic is pleased to announce some key additions to our board and senior leadership team. The aim, as with most things we do at Ontic; to grow our business and make us stronger.
Gareth Hall, Ontic CEO, announced 4th January 2021:
"I am pleased to announce that Anoop Kang has joined Ontic as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Anoop will support the growth of the business, whilst ensuring a robust control environment is in place. He will be responsible for all aspects of financial management and will play a central role in the leadership and strategic development of the business which includes joining myself and Gareth Blackbird as Company representatives on the Ontic Board.
Anoop joins us most recently from Eddie Stobart Plc where he has previously held the role of Chief Financial Officer and has held various financial positions in Cambian Group Plc, Kier Group Plc and Balfour Beatty Plc before which he spent over ten years with Arthur Andersen, now Deloitte. He has a wealth of expertise in corporate transactions as well as all aspects of financial management, reporting and governance."
Further announcing:
"The appointment of Mark Millar to the position of General Counsel and Company Secretary with effect from the 5th January 2021.
Mark joins Ontic at a crucial time as we accelerate our growth plans into 2021. In this role, he will assume responsibly for the functions of Legal and Compliance, creating the appropriate support for the business whilst we grow and taking responsibility for all matters including regulatory, licensing; acquisitions; commercial contracts; compliance with regulatory bodies, management of litigation and IP protection.
Whilst most recently Mark was a Partner at Foot Anstey, a private legal practice, he has worked in-house as General Counsel and Company Secretary for a number of UK household names such as the AA (Automobile Association Plc), where he acquired first-hand experience of partnering with a private equity firm; Domino’s Pizza Group Plc and Future Plc, an international publishing company. He comes to us with extensive corporate law experience across multiple markets gained throughout his time in-house and in practice which will be advantageous to Ontic as we execute upon our strategic objectives."
2021 has started well for Ontic and we continue to invest in aerospace and defence growth. More news will be published soon around our M&A activity from the end of 2020 leading into Q1 of 2021