Micro Focus International plc announced that Mike Phillips, currently CFO, will be moving to the new role of Director of M&A. Micro Focus also announced the appointments of Chris Kennedy as CFO and Ian Fraser as Chief Human Resources Officer. These appointments are with immediate effect. Mike Phillips, Chris Kennedy and Ian Fraser will report to Chris Hsu, CEO.

Mike Phillips will step down from the Board on 31st January 2018. Chris Kennedy was Chief Financial Officer of ARM Holdings plc from September 2015 to April 2017. Prior to that, Chris was Group Finance Director of easyJet plc for five years.

He currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of Whitbread plc and as a trustee of the EMI Group Archive Trust and the Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust.