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AstraZeneca hires Lowth to take charge of finances

Simon Lowth, former ScottishPower chief executive Ian Russell's right-hand man in a brutal boardroom cull at the electricity company in September 2005, has been appointed chief financial officer of global pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca.

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IAN McCONNELL, Business Editor

Simon Lowth, former ScottishPower chief executive Ian Russell's right-hand man in a brutal boardroom cull at the electricity company in September 2005, has been appointed chief financial officer of global pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca.