NCC Group CFO resigns after five years

The chief financial officer (CFO) of Manchester-headquartered IT services provider NCC Group has resigned from its board.

Atul Patel (pictured) will leave the group on 3 February 2017 or before if his successor is appointed, with the search for his replacement already underway.

Patel joined the group initially on an interim basis in February 2011 before being appointed to the board on a full-time basis in April 2011.

He was formerly a divisional finance director within Tribal Group, responsible for the government and health division. A qualified chartered accountant, Patel joined the management consultancy division of PwC after qualifying where he focused on performance improvement and business transformation within global organisations.

Rob Cotton, group chief executive, said: “On behalf of everyone at NCC Group, I would like to thank Atul for his valuable contribution to the business over the last five years.

“He played a key financial role as we have grown the business organically and by acquiring a range of small and more recently, large businesses around the world.

“The board wish him every success for the future.”

NCC Group provides security assurance and testing, incident response and managed security services. Cyber security is “the most significant issue facing businesses today”, its bosses said in its results last month.