AFH Financial has appointed Paul Wright as its chief financial officer and Sue Lewis as a non-executive director. It has also promoted former Octopus director Toby Denne to the role of chief investment officer from a non-executive director role. Wright has been chief financial officer for a number of UK listed companies and most recently secured the management buyout of Workplace Systems International.

Wright will replace former AFH chief financial officer John Wheatley, who will now become a non-executive chairman. Joining AFH as a non-executive director, Lewis, a senior partner at law firm Eversheds, who is experienced in merger and acquisition transactions, will be advising at board level on legal and strategic issues.