DAC Beachcroft has appointed a new non-executive director and group finance director to its board, taking the total number of members to 12.

David Gillard joins the firm as group finance director, replacing Patrick Firebrace who is leaving the firm after nine years. Gillard joins from the Oxford University Press where he was finance director. Prior to this he worked for a string of multinationals, including Diageo, BAA and McVitie’s.