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Giles Kerr, until recently group finance director of Amersham, has been appointed as Oxford University director of finance. Kerr left Amersham after 13 years, following the negotiation of its sale to GE for GBP5.6bn in April 2004.
EMI Music has promoted Chris Kennedy, formerly chief financial officer of EMI Music UK & Ireland, to vice president and chief financial officer of EMI Music Continental Europe. Justin Morris, the CFO of EMI's Capitol Records in Los Angeles, will replace him. Kennedy, appointed FD of EMI Records UK in 1998 and then to CEO in 2002, will oversee the finance operations of EMI's 21 companies in Continental Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Morris, who originally joined as financial controller of EMI International in London in 1990, will be responsible for the finance, IT and shared services functions.
Scottish Power group finance director David Nish has been named the group's new infrastructure director. The search for Nish's replacement has begun and Scottish Power is looking at both internal and external candidates.
BT Group has promoted group finance director Ian Livingston to chief executive of BT Retail, following the resignation of Pierre Danon. Livingston is a former finance director of Dixons. Hanif Lalani, currently chief financial officer of BT Wholesale, will take over the position of group FD.
David Howell, the chief financial officer of lastminute.com, has announced he will leave the group. Howell, formerly group finance director of First Choice, joined the company in July 2001. The group has initiated a search with external consultants to find a replacement.
Chocolatiers Thorntons has appointed interim finance director John Wall as FD on a full-time basis. Prior to joining the company in October 2004, Wall was a serial interim FD and group FD of jeans manufacturer Lee Cooper.