V.Group has appointed Ian El-Mokadem as CEO and Martin Gaard Christiansen as chief commercial officer. Both will assume their positions in fall 2017. Ian joins from Exova, the global provider of technically demanding testing, calibration and related advisory services, where he served as Chief Executive for the last six years.

Ian was responsible for professionalising and growing the business, which operates in 33 countries, has a network of 4,200 experts across 138 laboratories, and is trusted by customers in industries such as aerospace, defence, and oil and gas to test and advise on safety, quality and performance of their products. Prior to this Ian was Group Managing Director, UK & Ireland of Compass Group where he led a multi-site business of over 60,000 employees with sales of circa GBP 1.8 billion.