{"id":1168,"date":"2016-08-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/ncc-group-cfo-resigns-five-years\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:37:33","slug":"ncc-group-cfo-resigns-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/ncc-group-cfo-resigns-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Group CFO resigns after five years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The chief financial officer (CFO) of Manchester-headquartered IT services provider NCC Group has resigned from its board.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidermedia.com\/uploads\/news\/ncc-group-atul-patel-resized.jpg\" alt=\"NCC Group\u2019s CFO resigns\" width=\"249\" height=\"242\" \/>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Cotton,\u00a0group chief executive, said: &#8220;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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The board wish him every success for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NCC Group provides security assurance and testing, incident response and managed security services. Cyber security is &#8220;the most significant issue facing businesses today&#8221;, its bosses said in its results last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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