General Capital appoints new CFO
Singh joins General Capital on May 6 as CFO designate.
Singh is a Chartered Accountant with more than 17 years' experience, having obtained a BCom from Victoria University. He will join General Capital most recently having worked at PwC in Auckland as director – management consulting. Prior to that he was the group financial controller at Jarden, the finance director/CFO at MedAccess in the UK, and was the head of finance and operations at M&G Plc also in the UK. He has also held finance roles at HSBC and Deloitte.
General Capital chair Rewi Bugo welcomed the appointment, saying: 'The board is pleased to welcome Mr Singh as the new CFO of the group at this time of significant growth and regulatory change including the upcoming inclusion of General Finance Ltd (the wholly owned subsidiary of General Capital) in the Deposit Compensation Scheme on July 1, 2025. We look forward to the value Mr Singh can bring to the business as we continue to grow our assets and earnings.'
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