Jerry Sayers has been appointed to the Board of Arum as a non-executive director. Jerry founded Arum in 1998 after a long and distinguished career in the systems industry and he remains a shareholder. Jerry retired from active participation in Arum in 2006 to pursue other interests, most notably VSO in Ethiopia with his wife Mura. Subsequently he set up B G Trees to help poor farmers in Ethiopia with support from UK companies. He retains an active interest and many contacts in the systems industry and will provide advice to the Directors at a strategic level.