Collagen Solutions plc confirmed the appointment of Hilary Spence as Chief Financial Officer as from 3 January 2018, based in Glasgow office. Hilary will also join the Board at that time. Hilary takes over from Gill Black who has decided to step down as CFO and from the Board for family reasons.

Gill will remain with the Company, maintain her role as Company Secretary and will assist Hilary in the smooth transition of roles. Hilary has over 30 years commercial experience in finance across a number of multi-sector businesses. Over her career Hilary has been involved in a number of successful business transformations where her diverse skills have been used to create, financially evaluate and implement growth strategies.

Hilary has worked with a broad range of companies from large corporates including Heineken, Vodafone, Motorola and Premier Foods and smaller more entrepreneurial businesses. Most recently Hilary was Interim CFO at the private equity funded Powerleague, where she was integral to the restructuring and transformation of the finance systems.