Watches of Switzerland Group PLC announces the appointment of William "Bill" Floydd as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Group. Bill will succeed Anders Romberg who has informed the Board of his intention to retire from the Group after seven years in the role. The effective date of Bill's appointment as director and CFO will be announced in due course and Anders will remain with the Group as a director and CFO until then. He will leave the Group following a handover period. Bill will join the Company from The Rank Group Plc, where he has held the role of CFO since November 2018.At Rank Bill has made a major contribution to its transformation and in the last 18 months has led several financing initiatives to ensure Rank has been able to weather the pandemic. Prior to his role at Rank, Bill was CFO at FTSE 100 Experian Plc's UK and Ireland region for over five years where he contributed to strong revenue and EBIT growth while overseeing a range of M&A activity and Experian's FCA authorisation process. Before this, Bill spent 12 years in a variety of leadership positions at Logica Plc. Bill is a chartered accountant, having qualified with PwC.