RegTech Open Project plc announced the appointment of Paul John McFadden, Age: 42, as Chief Financial Officer, with an effective start date of 5 December 2023. Paul has over 15 years' experience in senior finance positions within market leading digital information services, IT security, business advisory, training and events businesses, creating and leading scalable finance functions. Most recently, Paul was Group Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Shearwater Group plc, prior to which he was Group Financial Controller at Wilmington plc during which time he was responsible for creating and leading a scalable shared service centre as the business grew substantially organically and via acquisitions in a five year-period.

Directorships and partnerships: Current: Brookcourt Solutions Limited England & Wales); Brookcourt Solutions B.V. (The Netherlands); GeoLang Limited (England & Wales); GeoLang Holdings Limited (England & Wales); Pentest (Ireland) Limited (Republic of Ireland); Primavera (Jersey) Ltd. (Bailiwick of Jersey); SecurEnvoy Limited (Delaware, United States); SecurEnvoy GmbH (Germany); SecurEnvoy Limited (England & Wales); Shearwater Group plc (England & Wales); Shearwater Shared Services Limited (England & Wales); Xcina Limited (England & Wales); Xcina Consulting Limited (England & Wales). Former (within the last five years): Oakwood Accountancy Solutions Limited (England & Wales). Paul will shortly be resigning from this role as it is associated with his former employer, Shearwater Group plc.

Paul was a statutory director of SecurEnvoy GmbH (an entity associated with his former employer, Shearwater Group plc) when it was placed into solvent dissolution as a result of members' voluntary liquidation. It is currently in the process of being dissolved via voluntary strike-off. Paul was a statutory director of Oakwood Accountancy Solutions Limited when it was placed into solvent dissolution as a result of members' voluntary liquidation.

It was subsequently dissolved via voluntary strike-off on 31 October 2022.