Surgical Innovations Group plc announced the appointment of Nigel Rogers as Executive Chairman with immediate effect. Doug Liversidge CBE, previously Non-Executive Chairman, has stood down as Chairman, but remains on the Board as a Non-Executive Director. Nigel managed the flotation of Stadium Group plc as Group Finance Director, before progressing to Group Chief Executive Officer in 2001.

Under his leadership, Stadium divested several non-core businesses, focusing on the successful development of its electronic design and manufacturing capabilities in the UK and China to a global customer base. Nigel has been Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Transense Technologies plc, the AIM-quoted provider of sensor systems, since July 2015.