Stadium Group appoints Rex Orton as Finance Director
Supplier of wireless solutions, power supplies and electronics assemblies, Stadium Group, has appointed Rex Orton, ACA as Group Finance Director and Company Secretary, with immediate effect. Rex Orton (right) was previously Finance Director of Latchways plc, the designer and manufacturer of fall protection systems and access solutions. He was appointed to the board of Latchways plc in April 1999, and during his time with the company his role included full board level responsibility for Finance, Investor Relations and IT. He also steered the execution and integration of several successful acquisitions.
Rex Orton qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and went on to become Group Financial Reporting Supervisor at Exxon Chemical / Esso Petroleum in 1992. In 1996, Rex became Financial Controller of Parker Bath Limited, a subsidiary of Sunrise Medical Inc., a US medical products company, before joining Latchways three years later.
Charlie Peppiatt, Chief Executive Officer of Stadium, said: “Rex is an experienced listed company finance director with an extensive appreciation of the exacting requirements facing ambitious and growing global companies in the design and manufacturing sectors. As we continue to increase the contribution of our Technology Products division, Rex’s skill set will be particularly beneficial in ensuring that Stadium continues to enhance operational and financial robustness aligned to an enlarged international entity.”