LONDON: Tribal Group, a leading provider of software and services to the international education market, has announced the appointment of Mark Pickett as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect, a notice issued to London Stock Exchange (LSE) said.[the_ad id=”32940″]Mark joined Tribal in July 2016 as Chief Financial Officer and has since then been a key member of the Board helping lead the turnaround of the Tribal Group.  In September 2018, Mark was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer whilst retaining his position as Chief Financial Officer.

Tribal also announced that Paul Simpson, Tribal Global Financial Controller, will, with immediate effect, take on the role of Acting Chief Financial Officer (non-Board appointment).  Paul is a chartered accountant, and joined Tribal in December 2016 from Jelf Group plc, where he was Group Financial Controller.

Richard Last, Executive Chairman, commented: “Since taking on the role as Acting CEO, Mark has shown excellent leadership, strategic thinking and operational capability that gives me great confidence that he is the best person to take Tribal forward. These skills combined with his energy, focus and enthusiasm have enabled significant operational and strategic progress to have been made over the last six months.  I am pleased that Paul has taken on the role of Acting Chief Financial Officer.  I wish both Mark and Paul every success in their new roles.”