The Board of Directors of Basil Read announced the appointment of Pieter van Buuren as the Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 January 2018. Mr. van Buuren was previously the Chief Financial Officer for New York Timber Holdings Limited, Project Finance Manager for Murray & Robert Projects and General Manager: Finance for Bell Equipment company. The company announced that it has received and accepted Mr. Talib Sadik's resignation as Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director of the Company with effect from 31 December 2017.