Consort Medical has appointed a successor to its departing chief financial officer Richard Cotton.

Paul Hayes, the current group finance director of The Vitec Group, will be taking up the post, as well as joining the company board as an executive director, on 1 May 2017.

Cotton, will be leaving the company after the publication of its half year results in December 2016.

In the interim David Tilston will join Consort Medical as an interim chief financial officer.

Hayes has previously worked at Signet Jewellers as group financial controller, held a senior director role at RHM and held various posts at the Smiths Group.

Dr Peter Fellner, chairman of Consort Medical, said: “We look forward to welcoming Paul to Consort Medical. His strong track record in driving sustainable profitable growth in high technology manufacturing businesses will be a great asset to the company as we continue to reinforce our position as a leading provider of drug delivery solutions.”