Novacyt: James McCarthy, Anthony Dyer

Clinical diagnostics firm Novacyt has appointed James McCarthy as its CFO and Anthony Dyer to a new role as its chief corporate development officer. McCarthy will become a board director, subject to shareholder approval at the company's annual general meeting. Dyer will remain a board director until then.

McCarthy has held senior positions in listed and private equity-backed businesses. He was CFO of Flint Group, and of Brambles' Europe, Middle East, and Africa-based Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (CHEP) business before being promoted to president of CHEP’s European team.

McCarthy trained as an accountant with Dairygold and has worked for Unilever and ICI, among other companies.