Essensys, a provider of software-as-a-service and technology platforms to the flexible workspace and commercial real estate industries, has appointed Sarah Harvey to the board of directors as chief financial officer (CFO) of the group.
Harvey joins from Virgin Media O2, where she most recently held the role of operations finance director.
She is an experienced finance professional, having qualified as a chartered accountant in 2002 with PwC, and latterly was a director in their transaction services, capital markets team, leading all aspects of listed company transactions including acquisitions, disposals, IPOs and fund-raisings.
Harvey has spent the last five years in a number of senior roles within Telefonica UK (now Virgin Media O2), including as commercial finance director and two years as CFO of giffgaff where she oversaw significant revenue and profit growth.
Alan Pepper, previously CFO and chief operating officer (COO), has now assumed the newly created stand-alone role of COO. He remains a member of the group's board of directors.
Jon Lee, non-executive chairman of Essensys, said: 'I am delighted to welcome Sarah Harvey to the executive team at essensys. Sarah’s appointment and Alan Pepper’s move into the new stand-alone COO role concludes the evolution of our senior management team, creating capacity to fulfil the growth ambitions we set out at the fundraising in July 2021.
'Sarah brings a wealth of relevant expertise and is extremely well qualified to oversee the continued financial management of the group.'
