Category: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Date: 21.10.2004
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has
appointed Zarin Patel, currently Head of Revenue Management at the Corporation,
as Group Finance Director.
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The appointment follows the promotion of John Smith
to the post of Chief Operating Officer.
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In her new role Zarin will lead the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s financial
strategy, planning, control and corporate reporting activities, and
will provide financial leadership to all of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s divisions.
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She will also have responsibility for licence fee collection
and procurement.
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Zarin Patel graduated in economics at the London School
of Economics in 1982 and trained as a chartered accountant with KPMG,
where she gained 15 years experience at a senior level with multi-national
corporations across the industrial and commercial sectors.
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She joined the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ from KPMG in 1998 as Group Financial
Controller, and was promoted to Head of Revenue Management in 2001.
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In her current role she is responsible for the collection
of licence fee revenue and reducing evasion which under her leadership
has been reduced to an all-time low of 5.7 per cent.
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Announcing her appointment, John Smith, Chief Operating
Officer, said: "I am delighted to have secured Zarin Patel for
this key role at a critical time for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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"She is an outstanding leader and has brought new
energy into revenue management at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, reducing evasion and optimising
collection costs.
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"I believe she will make a vital contribution in
this new post."
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Zarin Patel takes up her new role on 1 December 2004.
