UK-based producer of technical leather Pittards has announced that Lindsey Blackford is to step down as the group’s financial director, as of June 1, in order to pursue other interests. He will leave the company at the end of August.

Mr Blackford will be replaced by Jill Williams, who has worked at Pittards for 18 years and joined the company’s board as a director last year. She will combine her new role with that of her existing responsibilities as company secretary and group treasurer.