George Thaw has succeeded Jim Chase as managing director of IT management support system Advanced Health & Care.

Thaw has held numerous senior roles in the IT sector, including EMEA service business manager at Microsoft for nine years until 2001.

He also spent nine years at Avande as global vice president, and has latterly been chief operating officer at IT firm SAP.

Chase, who spent five years as managing director at the company, will support Advanced throughout the transition until the end of the financial year.

Advanced chief operating officer Paul Gibson: “We are looking forward to welcoming George to the group. He is a highly experienced relationship-based leader with an excellent track record for growing high value, complex enterprise organisations.

“Under Thaw’s leadership, Advanced will continue to bring forward innovative IT solutions for the NHS urgent care, community and mental health sectors as well as the homecare and residential care sector.”