Trellus Health plc announced the appointment of Richard Evans as Interim Chief Financial Officer, with effect from January 21, 2022. Richard will replace Salim Hamir who has been fulfilling the role on a part-time basis and who will continue in the role of Company Secretary. Richard was previously Chief Operating Officer and Finance Director at AIM listed EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc.

Richard has spent more than 11 years at EKF, first as Finance Director and then as Chief Operating Officer, before taking on both roles. During that time EKF has grown considerably, delivering record turnover and profits for the year ended 2020, and a series of performance upgrades during 2021. Having stood down from the EKF Board on 1 January 2022, Richard will continue to provide handover support to his successor at EKF, and now has capacity to guide Trellus during a pivotal period in its development.

As the Company develops commercially, it expects to recruit a permanent CFO later this year.