Imperial College appoints new Director of Finance

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-Finance Division

1 October 1999

Mrs Beryl Castle BSc ACMA has been appointed Director of Finance of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine with effect from 14 November 1999.

Mrs Castle graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1976 with a First Class Honours degree in Chemistry. She joined Unilever in 1979 and has since held senior financial and general management appointments within the company. She is at present Head of Operations at Unilevers Colworth Laboratory.

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For more information contact:

Susie Renshaw Media Liaison Officer Press Office Tel: 0171 594 6701 Email: mailto:s.renshaw@imperial.ac.uk

Notes to editors:

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is an independent constituent college of the University of London. Founded in 1907, the College teaches a full range of science, engineering, medical and management disciplines at the highest level.

Imperial College has the largest annual turnover (£310 million in 1997-98) and the largest research income (£210 million in 1997-98) of any university institution in the UK. It has 8823 full time students, 30 per cent of whom are postgraduate and 35 per cent non-British nationalities.

Imperial College was rated second overall in both The Times Good University Guide (23 April 1999) and the Financial Times Guide to Britain's top 100 universities (1 April 1999).