Arowana International Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Art Russell to the role of Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 December 2017. Mr. Russell will initially be seconded to the role of CFO for 61% subsidiary, VivoPower International PLC, headquartered in London. Following the completion of this assignment, Mr. Russell will assume the role of CFO for Arowana and will be based in London office.

A Canadian and UK national, Mr. Russell is a Chartered Accountant (Canada and UK) with over 25 years' global CFO experience in financial management, business performance improvement and turnarounds across a diverse range of industry sectors. Mr. Russell brings a wealth of experience in acquisitions and has been involved with a number of due diligence processes in the private equity sector. Since relocating with his family to London in 2011, Mr. Russell has worked as CFO for the AVINCIS Group and most recently as CFO for the APC Technology Group in a turnaround situation.

Mr. Conor Byrne, who was previously the CFO of Arowana, has assumed the role of Chief Financial & Operating Officer for the growing Arowana Funds Management division.