Ubisense Group plc announced the appointment of Richard Petti as Chief Executive Officer with effect from 14 December 2016. Peter Harverson will remain Executive Chairman during a transition period, and will revert to non-Executive Chairman during the first half of 2017. Richard joins Ubisense having most recently been CEO of Asset Control. Prior to Asset Control, Richard was COO at WEMA. During his career, Richard has also held senior management and sales leadership roles at Orange Business Services, QUMAS and SunGard Data Systems.