International Personal Finance plc announced the appointment of Gary Thompson to the Board as Chief Financial Officer. His appointment will take effect from 4 April 2022. Gary has been the Finance Director of Vanquis Bank Limited, the major subsidiary of Provident Financial plc, since May 2020. He has nearly 20 years' financial services experience spent in both the accounting and corporate sectors. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1997 at PricewaterhouseCoopers and spent 10 years working in professional practice. He joined Provident Financial plc in August 2004 where he performed a number of finance roles, more latterly as Director of Group Finance and Investor Relations, prior to his appointment at Vanquis Bank.