08.04.2016

New CFO for Ardent

UK based telehandler rental company Ardent Hire Solutions Ged Murray as chief financial officer with immediate effect.

Murray joins the company from Benfield Motor group where he was group finance director for more than three years, until its acquisition by Lookers. Prior to that he spent almost a year with Immunodiagnostics, having joined from car distribution group Reg Vardy where he was group finance director from 1988 until 2002 and then again from 2008 until the end of 2012. In the break period he was group finance director for Northgate, a publicly quoted commercial vehicle asset rental company.
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Ged Murray

He succeeds Nick Pulford, who as interim chief financial officer played a significant role in the formation of Ardent from the amalgamation of Fork Rent and One Call Hire in August 2015. He will remain with the business for a handover period to ensure a smooth transition. Ardent trades from 11 depots with over 5,000 units with an average age of under two years.

Chief executive Steve Corcoran said: “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ged as our CFO and on behalf of the entire Ardent team I welcome him to the group. In particular, we look forward to benefitting from Ged’s wide ranging abilities and deep experience as we seek to grow our business over the coming years. I would also like to thank Nick Pulford who fulfilled the role of interim CFO so professionally and played a key role in the integration of the Fork Rent and One Call Hire businesses and we wish him well for the future”.

‘‘Following the other senior appointments made over the last few months, I believe we have a first class team in place to support Ardent Hire Solutions in delivering on its long term growth plans.”