Premier Veterinary Group plc announced that Neil Wood MBE has accepted the appointment of independent Non-Executive Director of PVG with effect from 3 September 2018. He will also takeover Chairmanship of the Audit Committee and be a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee. He went on to be appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Board Member of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ("LOCOG"). Following the dissolution of LOCOG, Neil was CFO of the British Business Bank, preparing the bank for its launch later that year and has advised clients across the World on bidding for and delivering major complex programmes including the Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and the Lima 2019 Pan American Games. Since retiring from Deloitte in 2017 Neil has established his own consulting business advising clients on the governance and delivery of complex programmes. He also holds a number of charitable board positions where he sits on or chairs the Risk and Audit Committee.