Be Heard announced the appointment of Simon Pyper as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 9 April 2018. Simon has broad experience in the media sector and consumer industries, from senior leadership roles over the past three decades. Most recently, he was on the board of GlobalData plc, where he served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 2007 to 2016 and as Chief Financial Officer from 2016 to 2017.

Previously Simon was Group Finance Director of Datamonitor plc. Following Peter Scott's appointment as Group Chief Executive in January, and with Simon Pyper's imminent arrival, the Board has decided that the COO responsibilities will be shared between Peter and Simon, and accordingly Robin Price has decided to step down from the Board with effect from 9th April 2018. As announced in December 2017, Ian Maude is stepping down from the Board, also with effect from 9th April 2018.

Both Robin and Ian will remain with the Group until mid-April 2018 to oversee an orderly handover.