Paul Williams has been appointed as the new chief financial officer (CFO) at security and surveillance solutions firm, Synectics.

Williams has significant experience across the IT and software sectors, and will join Synectics from CloudCall, where he held the role of CFO for 12 years.

Prior to this, Williams was CFO for the Middle East and India Subsidiaries of Columbus A/S.

He began his career at British Rail and Railtrack and spent four years working with IBM as a financial analyst. He is also a qualified accountant.

Chief executive officer and CFO at Synectics, Anamada Larnder, said: "I am pleased to welcome Paul to the Synectics team as CFO. He brings a wealth of capital markets and technology experience and we look forward to benefitting from his knowledge and expertise.

"Paul joins the business at an exciting period in our development, as we seek to drive improved internal efficiency and enhance our capabilities and scalability."

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