LONDON: Frontier IP, a specialist in commercialising intellectual property, announced the appointment of Jo Stent as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 22 April 2024. Jo is a chartered accountant, having qualified at Ernst & Young, and brings nearly 30 years’ experience in senior financial roles across a broad range of sectors and geographies.

Jo Stent was most recently CFO at AIM quoted Argentex Group Plc, provider of bespoke currency risk management and payment solutions, from February 2021 to January 2024. She was previously Chief Financial Officer of the European Tour and Ryder Cup Europe. She is also a former CFO of Vodafone Americas and previously held senior positions at Telus Communications and Deloitte.

Jo has spent most of her career in blue chip global organisations. More recently her keen interest in technology, innovation and scale up has led her to focus on working alongside founder led growth organisations as both an executive and non-executive director in the listed and private sector.

With effect from 22 April 2024, Jim Fish, current Chief Financial Officer of the Group, will move to a new position within the Group as Portfolio Finance Director where he will continue to support the Group’s portfolio companies.

Neil Crabb, Chief Executive of Frontier IP, said: “I am delighted to welcome Jo to our Board of Directors and to the wider Group. Jo brings significant expertise and experience and will be a key member of the team contributing to the next stage of our growth. It is a testament to the strength of our business model and the potential of our portfolio that we have been able to attract someone of Jo’s calibre as Chief Financial Officer.”

Jo Stent, Chief Financial Officer, said: “I am very pleased to be joining Frontier IP Group at such an exciting stage of its development. I am looking forward to working with the Frontier team as we help our portfolio companies scale up to be highly successful businesses in their own right.”

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