Paul Farquhar, Treasurer

Paul is CFO at Kromek, an international technology group and supplier of high-performance radiation detection products. He is also a board member of City Hospitals Independent Commercial Enterprises Limited, a subsidiary company of South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. Paul is a is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has 30 years’ experience as a finance director and chief financial officer, primarily for international businesses. He was previously Vice-President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Sevcon Inc, a NASDAQ-listed technology group serving the electric and hybrid vehicle markets. He began his career as a chartered accountant, spending 10 years as an auditor at Jennings Johnson in Sunderland and at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Newcastle and Lisbon, Portugal.