Alan Giddens will take over as chair in October, when Sarah Sergeant will join the board to begin a handover period as CFO-designate.

Ashley was previously chief financial officer of William Hill and has held senior positions at National Express Group, including group CFO.

Sarin is currently CFO of US rare diseases specialist Alexion, which is in the process of being acquired by AstraZeneca in a $39bn deal.

Tim Johnson will join the global lingerie brand, with Wendy Arlin taking the role at the beauty product retailer.

The regulator has given its approval for the Virgin Media–O2 tie-up, which will create the UK’s largest mobile network operator.

The finance chief of US airline JetBlue will take over from eBay’s interim CFO Andy Cring at the end of June.

The acting CFO will take on the role on a permanent basis, with former finance chief Tim Harris stepping down for family reasons.

Puckett joined the lifestyle brand company in 2001 and has held a series of senior finance roles, including as CFO of Timberland.

Kirkpatrick, who is currently director of group finance at the company, will join the Mitie board in April as group CFO.

Vollero is CFO of security firm Allied Universal and was the first CFO of social media company Snap Inc., where he led its IPO.