Rurelec PLC announced the appointment of Andrew Coveney as part-time executive Finance Director. Mr. Coveney's appointment has been made at the request of the administrator of Rurelec's largest shareholder, Sterling Trust Limited. Mr. Coveney trained with Deloitte and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in December 1990. Subsequently he worked as a Corporate Finance Manager for Coopers & Lybrand, before being appointed as Finance Director of CP Pharmaceuticals Ltd. in 1993 and then also as Managing Director in 2001.