Former Shire CFO joins BTG board as audit chair

BTG, the specialist healthcare company, has appointed former Shire chief financial officer Graham Hetherington as a non-executive director and chair of the audit committee, effective from 1 August, 2016.

Hetherington was CFO of Shire from June 2008 to February 2014; Bacardi in 2007 and Allied Domecq from 1999 to 2005.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

Garry Watts, BTG’s chairman, commented: “Graham brings a strong track record to BTG, with significant industry and finance experience which will be of great benefit to us as we continue to implement our growth plans. He will also help us to continue to strengthen our governance framework in his role as chair of the Audit Committee. He is replacing Giles Kerr (who will remain on the Board) in that role since Giles will have acted as chair for almost nine years”