Escape Hunt plc announced that Graham Bird has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company with effect from 6 January 2020. Graham brings a wealth of experience in financial and City matters and in growing small businesses. He is a chartered accountant who has worked in advisory, investment and direct financial roles, including full divisional strategic and financial responsibility at roles in JP Morgan Cazenove, Paypoint plc and Gresham House plc. He also has audit committee Chairman experience. Graham was one of the founding employees, and spent the last four years at, Gresham House plc where, alongside Tony Dalwood, he was responsible for establishing and managing a successful strategic equity business unit which focuses on both quoted and unquoted equity investments using the principles and practices of private equity. Graham was involved in all aspects of the development of Gresham House from a 'start-up' in 2015 with a balance sheet and market capitalisation of approximately £20 million and six employees to a profitable alternative asset management business, which has over £2.6 billion of AUM and a market capitalisation of approximately £160 million. Prior to joining Gresham House, Graham spent six years as a senior executive at PayPoint Plc, latterly as director of strategic planning and corporate development. He was also executive chairman and president of PayByPhone, a multi-national mobile payments technology division of PayPoint operating in Canada, the UK and France between 2010 and 2014.