hVIVO plc announced that Shelley Fraser, Finance Director and Company Secretary, is leaving the company. The Board has appointed Anesh Patel as Interim Finance Director and Company Secretary with immediate effect. A further announcement will be made in due course to confirm the appointment of Shelley's successor.

Anesh was previously Director, Corporate Finance at hVIVO, a role he has held since April 2016. Prior to this he spent seven years in investment banking providing corporate finance advisory services to a range of clients having started his professional career with Ernst & Young in 2004 where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.