IOMART, the cloud computing specialist, has appointed financial services veteran Ian Steele as a non-executive director, writes Scott Wright.

Mr Steele, who is also non-executive director of STV, had a 16-year spell with Deloitte during his 35-year career in the corporate finance sector. He was senior partner for Scotland and Northern Ireland at the firm and served on the UK board of the accountancy giant or eight years.

Mr Steel, who is also a non-executive director of Killinchy Aerospace Holdings, joins Iomart shortly after it announced that Chris Batterham would be stepping down at its forthcoming annual meeting.

Iomart chairman Ian Ritchie said: "We are delighted to welcome Ian on to the Board of Iomart. His considerable experience and insight will be invaluable to us as we continue to pursue a successful growth strategy."