600 Group plc announced that Rui Lopes has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Group with immediate effect. Mr. Lopes has held several executive finance positions over the past 15 years, most recently as Director of Halma PLC Safety Sector. Mr. Lopes was previously Chief Financial Officer of Ocean Insight Inc. (Halma company) between 2018 and 2021, Vice President at Accudynamics LLC (Halma company) between 2017 and 2018 and held senior finance roles at Smiths Medical (Smiths Group PLC) between 2006 and 2017.

Mr. Lopes holds a Diploma in Financial Strategy from the University of Oxford and an MBA in Business Administration from the University of Porto.