James Donaldson and Sons Ltd (JDS) announced Arlene Cairns is joining the Group as its new CFO. Arlene will succeed Andrew Donaldson as CFO following his promotion to CEO in April 2020.
Arlene Cairns joins JDS from Aviva, where she was Chief Finance Operations Officer responsible for leading Global Finance Operations as well as leading their Global Finance Transformation. Arlene joined Aviva 3 years ago from Alliance Trust Savings where she was CFO. Prior to this, Arlene held several senior Finance & Strategy roles across the UK, Ireland and Australia working for Westpac Institutional Bank, Allied Irish Bank, RSA and Zurich Financial Services. This is in addition to her time as a management consultant at EY in the UK and Australia, where her focus was on transformation and performance improvement.
The UK leading timber specialist, James Donaldson and Sons Ltd comprises seven subsidiaries, trading from 31 sites throughout the UK, with over 1000 employees.
