Tiziana Life Sciences appoints new CFO

(ShareCast News) - Tiziana Life Sciences has appointed Tiziano Lazzaretti as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.Confirming the move on Monday, the AIM-listed biotechnology company said the appointment was not a board level position.Lazzaretti has extensive experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry and joins Tiziana from Pharmentis, an Italian pharmaceutical business, where he served as group finance director since 2011.Prior to this, Lazzaretti held senior roles at Alliance Boots Healthcare and Accenture among others.Gabriele Cerrone, chairman of Tiziana said: "Tiziano Lazzaretti extensive business background in the healthcare industry while based in Italy and strong financial accounting background complements Tiziana extremely well. ?"I am very confident that together with our impressive pipeline and strong team we will drive the Company forward to significant future success."