Indicative of that, the interim CFO was appointed Group M&A director last January. The search for a new finance director is ongoing. Executives Mark Gregory held several divisional finance director roles before joining the board in 2009. He joined the group in 1998 after working for Kingfisher plc (LON : KGF) and ASDA. John Pollock is a longer -serving company man, joining Legal & General Group Plc (LON : LGEN) in 1980, and the board in 2003.