David Leng leaves Synseal
David Leng will, after eight years in role, has stood down as chief executive officer of Synseal Group.
Deborah Kemp will assume the role of interim CEO, with Leigh Daveran remaining as CFO and Andy Jones as sales and marketing director. Andy Jones will take on David Leng’s customer relationship responsibilities.
Speaking to Glass Times, Andy Jones said that it was business as usual, that Synseal had “a great portfolio of products”, and the group was still acquisitive.
Leigh Daveran said: “Through the support of Proventus and HIG Capital, Synseal Group has grown from revenue of £70m prior to the MBO in 2010 to £160m today, enabling the management team to pursue its ambition to offer an unrivalled range of quality products, customer experience and investment in people.
“Deborah brings a wealth of operational and organisational experience gained across a variety of consumer and property led public limited companies, as well as many private equity businesses. She has been working with the executive team and David over the past four months, supporting and developing our future growth plans.
“Having previously been CEO of several growth businesses, Deborah’s experience will be invaluable in helping to support our next exciting chapter.”